2011
Management of Thymic Tumors: A Survey of Current Practice among Members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Ruffini E, Van Raemdonck D, Detterbeck F, Rocco G, Thomas P, Venuta F, Group T. Management of Thymic Tumors: A Survey of Current Practice among Members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2011, 6: 614-623. PMID: 21266921, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e318207cd74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThymic tumorsPreoperative assessmentTomography scanThoracic surgeonsPositron emission tomography scanWorld Health Organization classificationRole of surgeryStage IVA thymomaEuropean SocietyEmission tomography scanManagement of thymomasESTS membersReliable staging systemType C thymomasAreas of controversyIVA thymomaExtrapleural pneumonectomyExtended resectionRecurrent diseasePostoperative treatmentThymic malignanciesHistologic confirmationStaging systemOrganization classificationObservational study
2004
Thymic tumors
Detterbeck FC, Parsons AM. Thymic tumors. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2004, 77: 1860-1869. PMID: 15111216, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplete resectionThymic tumorsMainstay of treatmentSurvival of patientsIVA thymomaPostoperative radiotherapyThymic carcinomaPreoperative chemotherapyIndolent coursePartial resectionStage IIIResectionThymomaPatientsAggressive behaviorTumorsLittle benefitSuch casesChemotherapyCarcinomaRadiotherapyMainstay