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Malignant neoplasm of thymus

Known as: Malignant Thymus Tumor, cancer thymus, Thymus--Cancer 
A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm involving the thymus. This category includes malignant thymomas, thymic lymphomas, primary thymic… (More)

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1944-2017
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Disease of thymus glandThymomaThymus GlandThymus Neoplasms

Narrower (1)

Thymic Carcinoma

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1936-2019
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2015
Highly Cited
2015
Local radiotherapy and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor to generate abscopal responses in patients with metastatic solid tumours: a proof-of-principle trial.
BACKGROUND An abscopal response describes radiotherapy-induced immune-mediated tumour regression at sites distant to the… (More)
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2012
2012
Phase I study of Rigosertib, an inhibitor of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and Polo-like kinase 1 pathways, combined with gemcitabine in patients with solid tumors and pancreatic cancer.
PURPOSE Rigosertib, a dual non-ATP inhibitor of polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathways (PI3K), and… (More)
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2012
2012
An analysis of genotype–phenotype correlations and survival outcomes in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism caused by multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1: the experience at a single institution
To examine the clinical characteristics and survival outcomes of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) in multiple… (More)
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2011
2011
Heat shock protein 90-sheltered overexpression of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor contributes to malignancy of thymic epithelial tumors.
PURPOSE The underlying molecular mechanisms of thymic epithelial malignancies (TEMs) are poorly understood. Consequently, there… (More)
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2011
2011
Phase I study for ridaforolimus, an oral mTOR inhibitor, in Japanese patients with advanced solid tumors
Ridaforolimus is a non-prodrug mTOR inhibitor. The safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), and antitumor activity of oral ridaforolimus… (More)
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2007
2007
Chest wall implantation of thymic cancer after computed tomography-guided core needle biopsy.
Percutaneous core needle biopsy is a useful procedure for diagnosing lung and mediastinal tumors. However, it has the potential… (More)
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2006
2006
Expression and mutation statuses of epidermal growth factor receptor in thymic epithelial tumors.
BACKGROUND Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations have been reported to correlate with the sensitivity to the… (More)
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1999
1999
Differential diagnosis of thymic tumors using a combination of 11C-methionine PET and FDG PET.
UNLABELLED We assessed the usefulness of PET studies in making a differential diagnosis of thymic tumors by using 11C-methionine… (More)
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1996
1996
PET imaging of primary mediastinal tumours.
Mediastinal masses include a wide variety of tumours and remain an interesting diagnostic challenge for radiologist. We performed… (More)
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1995
1995
Intensive chemotherapy with cisplatin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for advanced thymoma or thymic cancer: preliminary results.
A study was conducted to evaluate the impact of cisplatin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide and etoposide (PACE) with granulocyte… (More)
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