Polo Valentina, Girard Nicolas, Besse Benjamin
Gustave Roussy, Department of Cancer Medicine, Villejuif, France; Oncologic Venetian Institute, Department of Second Medical Oncology, Padua, Italy.
Presse Med. 2013 Sep;42(9 Pt 2):e311-6. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2013.07.002. Epub 2013 Aug 30.
Thymic malignancies are relatively uncommon tumours that display significant clinical, pathological, and molecular heterogeneity. Their management requires a multidisciplinary approach; because of their rarity, current indications are based on data from smaller, mostly institutional, series or retrospective analyses and controversies still exist. This article focuses on the principles of treatment of thymic malignancies. In the future, collaboration between many different institutions will open the opportunity to achieve a better understanding and management of the disease.
胸腺恶性肿瘤是相对罕见的肿瘤,具有显著的临床、病理和分子异质性。其治疗需要多学科方法;由于其罕见性,目前的治疗指征基于较小规模(大多为机构性)系列研究或回顾性分析的数据,争议仍然存在。本文重点关注胸腺恶性肿瘤的治疗原则。未来,许多不同机构之间的合作将为更好地理解和治疗该疾病带来契机。