Thymustumoren: eine klinische Betrachtung

Introduction: Thymic tumors including thymomas, thymic carcinomas, and thymic carcinoid tumors are rare tumors with an incidence of 0.13/100,000. Materials and methods: A literature search was performed to identify recent findings on epidemiology, classification, and various therapeutic approaches....

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Hauptverfasser: Grosch, Heidrun (VerfasserIn) , Weis, Cleo-Aron Thias (VerfasserIn) , Hoffmann, Hans (VerfasserIn) , Thomas, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Deutsch
Veröffentlicht: 29. Januar 2016
In: Der Pathologe
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 37, Heft: 1, Pages: 91-106
ISSN:1432-1963
DOI:10.1007/s00292-016-0140-5
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00292-016-0140-5
Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00292-016-0140-5
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Verfasserangaben:H. Grosch, H. Hoffmann, C.-A. Weis, M. Thomas
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Thymic tumors including thymomas, thymic carcinomas, and thymic carcinoid tumors are rare tumors with an incidence of 0.13/100,000. Materials and methods: A literature search was performed to identify recent findings on epidemiology, classification, and various therapeutic approaches. Results: These tumors with a wide spectrum of histologic and biologic features may be clinically unapparent for a long time or show a very aggressive behavior with local invasion and distant metastases. Surgical resection is the mainstay in stage I and II thymomas, whereas in stage III thymomas and in thymomas with pleural dissemination surgery in context of a multimodal treatment should be discussed. Thymic tumors are chemoreactive. Targeted therapies show poor results and should only be considered in the palliative situation after failure of chemotherapy. Conclusion: The new TNM (T: tumor, N: node, M: metastasis) classification of thymic tumors will help to identify the best treatment options.
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ISSN:1432-1963
DOI:10.1007/s00292-016-0140-5