Pinelopi-Theopisti Memtsa, Aikaterini Papadopoulou, Ariadni Kyriakogiannaki, Chrysoula Iliopoulou, Panagiotis Pantelis, Martha Charalambidou
Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital "Theageneio", Thessaloniki, Greece.
Department of Radiation Oncology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
World J Oncol. 2016 Dec;7(5-6):95-97. doi: 10.14740/wjon972e. Epub 2016 Dec 23.
Thymic carcinomas arise from the epithelial cells of the thymus gland and are the most common tumors of the anterior mediastinum despite their overall rarity. Because of their rarity, their treatment remains a challenging topic. Although historically they have been treated surgically, radiation therapy (RT) has an important role either as a definitive or as a postoperative treatment. In this article, we present a review of the current therapies for the thymic carcinomas and try to identify the exact place of the RT in the optimal management of these patients.
胸腺癌起源于胸腺的上皮细胞，尽管总体上较为罕见，但却是前纵隔最常见的肿瘤。由于其罕见性，其治疗仍然是一个具有挑战性的话题。虽然历史上一直采用手术治疗，但放射治疗（RT）作为根治性治疗或术后治疗都发挥着重要作用。在本文中，我们对胸腺癌的当前治疗方法进行综述，并试图确定放射治疗在这些患者最佳管理中的确切地位。
