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Thymic carcinoma

MedGen UID:
60049
Concept ID:
C0205969
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Carcinoma, Thymic; Carcinomas, Thymic; Thymic Carcinoma; Thymic Carcinomas
SNOMED CT: Thymic carcinoma (128717008); Thymoma, type C (128717008); Type C thymoma (444374006)
Modes of inheritance:
Not genetically inherited
MedGen UID:
988794
Concept ID:
CN307044
Finding
Source: Orphanet
clinical entity without genetic inheritance.
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006451
Orphanet: ORPHA99868

Definition

Thymic carcinoma (TC) is a type of thymic epithelial neoplasm (see this term) characterized by a high malignant potential. [from ORDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chun SG, Rimner A, Amini A, Chang JY, Donington J, Edelman MJ, Geng Y, Gubens MA, Higgins KA, Iyengar P, Movsas B, Ning MS, Park HS, Rodrigues G, Wolf A, Simone CB 2nd
JAMA Oncol 2023 Jul 1;9(7):971-980. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.1175. PMID: 37186595
Xu C, Zhang Y, Wang W, Wang Q, Li Z, Song Z, Wang J, Yu J, Liu J, Zhang S, Cai X, Wu M, Zhan P, Liu H, Lv T, Miao L, Min L, Li J, Liu B, Yuan J, Jiang Z, Lin G, Chen X, Pu X, Rao C, Lv D, Yu Z, Li X, Tang C, Zhou C, Zhang J, Guo H, Chu Q, Meng R, Liu X, Wu J, Hu X, Fang M, Zhou J, Zhu Z, Chen X, Pan W, Pang F, Zhou Y, Jian Q, Wang K, Wang L, Zhu Y, Yang G, Lin X, Cai J, Liang L, Feng H, Wang L, Du Y, Yao W, Shi X, Niu X, Yuan D, Yao Y, Huang J, Zhang Y, Sun P, Wang H, Ye M, Wang D, Wang Z, Hao Y, Wang Z, Wan B, Lv D, Yu G, Li A, Kang J, Zhang J, Zhang C, Chen H, Shi L, Ye L, Wang G, Wang Y, Gao F, Zhou W, Hu C, Wei J, Li B, Li Z, Li Y, Liu Z, Yang N, Wu L, Wang Q, Huang W, Hong Z, Wang G, Fang M, Fang Y, Zhu X, Du K, Ji J, Shen Y, Zhang Y, Ma S, Song Y, Lu Y, Liu A, Fang W, Zhong W
Thorac Cancer 2023 Apr;14(12):1102-1117. Epub 2023 Mar 16 doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.14847. PMID: 36924056Free PMC Article
Rappaport JMP, Huang J, Ahmad U
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2020 Oct;29(4):581-601. Epub 2020 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2020.06.010. PMID: 32883460

Curated

NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), Thymomas and Thymic Carcinomas, 2023

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Falkson CB, Vella ET, Ellis PM, Maziak DE, Ung YC, Yu E
J Thorac Oncol 2023 Mar;18(3):299-312. Epub 2022 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.10.016. PMID: 36343922
Muto Y, Okuma Y
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2022 Apr;22(4):401-413. Epub 2022 Apr 4 doi: 10.1080/14737140.2022.2052278. PMID: 35266421
Roden AC, Ahmad U, Cardillo G, Girard N, Jain D, Marom EM, Marx A, Moreira AL, Nicholson AG, Rajan A, Shepherd AF, Simone CB 2nd, Strange CD, Szolkowska M, Truong MT, Rimner A
J Thorac Oncol 2022 May;17(5):637-650. Epub 2022 Feb 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.01.021. PMID: 35227908Free PMC Article
Sato J, Satouchi M, Itoh S, Okuma Y, Niho S, Mizugaki H, Murakami H, Fujisaka Y, Kozuki T, Nakamura K, Nagasaka Y, Kawasaki M, Yamada T, Machida R, Kuchiba A, Ohe Y, Yamamoto N
Lancet Oncol 2020 Jun;21(6):843-850. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30162-5. PMID: 32502444
Giaccone G, Kim C, Thompson J, McGuire C, Kallakury B, Chahine JJ, Manning M, Mogg R, Blumenschein WM, Tan MT, Subramaniam DS, Liu SV, Kaplan IM, McCutcheon JN
Lancet Oncol 2018 Mar;19(3):347-355. Epub 2018 Jan 26 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30062-7. PMID: 29395863Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Lee Chun Yun C, Lim MY, Bundele MM, Huang Minyi L
BMJ Case Rep 2024 Jun 11;17(6) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-260938. PMID: 38862190
Roden AC, Ahmad U, Cardillo G, Girard N, Jain D, Marom EM, Marx A, Moreira AL, Nicholson AG, Rajan A, Shepherd AF, Simone CB 2nd, Strange CD, Szolkowska M, Truong MT, Rimner A
J Thorac Oncol 2022 May;17(5):637-650. Epub 2022 Feb 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.01.021. PMID: 35227908Free PMC Article
Marx A, Chan JKC, Chalabreysse L, Dacic S, Detterbeck F, French CA, Hornick JL, Inagaki H, Jain D, Lazar AJ, Marino M, Marom EM, Moreira AL, Nicholson AG, Noguchi M, Nonaka D, Papotti MG, Porubsky S, Sholl LM, Tateyama H, Thomas de Montpréville V, Travis WD, Rajan A, Roden AC, Ströbel P
J Thorac Oncol 2022 Feb;17(2):200-213. Epub 2021 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.10.010. PMID: 34695605
Di Nunno V, Frega G, Santoni M, Gatto L, Fiorentino M, Montironi R, Battelli N, Brandi G, Massari F
Future Oncol 2019 Jun;15(18):2151-2162. Epub 2019 Jun 4 doi: 10.2217/fon-2018-0915. PMID: 31159579
Scorsetti M, Leo F, Trama A, D'Angelillo R, Serpico D, Macerelli M, Zucali P, Gatta G, Garassino MC
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2016 Mar;99:332-50. Epub 2016 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2016.01.012. PMID: 26818050

Therapy

Muto Y, Okuma Y
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2022 Apr;22(4):401-413. Epub 2022 Apr 4 doi: 10.1080/14737140.2022.2052278. PMID: 35266421
Sato J, Satouchi M, Itoh S, Okuma Y, Niho S, Mizugaki H, Murakami H, Fujisaka Y, Kozuki T, Nakamura K, Nagasaka Y, Kawasaki M, Yamada T, Machida R, Kuchiba A, Ohe Y, Yamamoto N
Lancet Oncol 2020 Jun;21(6):843-850. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30162-5. PMID: 32502444
Lippner EA, Lewis DB, Robinson WH, Katsumoto TR
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Jun 22;20(7):62. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0661-2. PMID: 31227926
Berghmans T, Durieux V, Holbrechts S, Jungels C, Lafitte JJ, Meert AP, Moretti L, Ocak S, Roelandts M, Girard N
Lung Cancer 2018 Dec;126:25-31. Epub 2018 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.10.018. PMID: 30527189
Giaccone G, Kim C, Thompson J, McGuire C, Kallakury B, Chahine JJ, Manning M, Mogg R, Blumenschein WM, Tan MT, Subramaniam DS, Liu SV, Kaplan IM, McCutcheon JN
Lancet Oncol 2018 Mar;19(3):347-355. Epub 2018 Jan 26 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30062-7. PMID: 29395863Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Lantuejoul S, Pissaloux D, Ferretti GR, McLeer A
Semin Diagn Pathol 2021 Sep;38(5):72-82. Epub 2021 Jun 16 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2021.06.005. PMID: 34176698
Rappaport JMP, Huang J, Ahmad U
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2020 Oct;29(4):581-601. Epub 2020 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2020.06.010. PMID: 32883460
Di Nunno V, Frega G, Santoni M, Gatto L, Fiorentino M, Montironi R, Battelli N, Brandi G, Massari F
Future Oncol 2019 Jun;15(18):2151-2162. Epub 2019 Jun 4 doi: 10.2217/fon-2018-0915. PMID: 31159579
Venuta F, Rendina EA, Anile M, de Giacomo T, Vitolo D, Coloni GF
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 Jan;60(1):1-12. Epub 2012 Jan 13 doi: 10.1007/s11748-011-0814-0. PMID: 22237733
Thomas CR Jr, Bonomi PD
Curr Opin Oncol 1991 Apr;3(2):335-43. doi: 10.1097/00001622-199104000-00015. PMID: 1648973

Clinical prediction guides

Falkson CB, Vella ET, Ellis PM, Maziak DE, Ung YC, Yu E
J Thorac Oncol 2023 Mar;18(3):299-312. Epub 2022 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.10.016. PMID: 36343922
Lantuejoul S, Pissaloux D, Ferretti GR, McLeer A
Semin Diagn Pathol 2021 Sep;38(5):72-82. Epub 2021 Jun 16 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2021.06.005. PMID: 34176698
Radovich M, Pickering CR, Felau I, Ha G, Zhang H, Jo H, Hoadley KA, Anur P, Zhang J, McLellan M, Bowlby R, Matthew T, Danilova L, Hegde AM, Kim J, Leiserson MDM, Sethi G, Lu C, Ryan M, Su X, Cherniack AD, Robertson G, Akbani R, Spellman P, Weinstein JN, Hayes DN, Raphael B, Lichtenberg T, Leraas K, Zenklusen JC; Cancer Genome Atlas Network, Fujimoto J, Scapulatempo-Neto C, Moreira AL, Hwang D, Huang J, Marino M, Korst R, Giaccone G, Gokmen-Polar Y, Badve S, Rajan A, Ströbel P, Girard N, Tsao MS, Marx A, Tsao AS, Loehrer PJ
Cancer Cell 2018 Feb 12;33(2):244-258.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.01.003. PMID: 29438696Free PMC Article
Venuta F, Rendina EA, Anile M, de Giacomo T, Vitolo D, Coloni GF
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 Jan;60(1):1-12. Epub 2012 Jan 13 doi: 10.1007/s11748-011-0814-0. PMID: 22237733
Thomas CR Jr, Bonomi PD
Curr Opin Oncol 1991 Apr;3(2):335-43. doi: 10.1097/00001622-199104000-00015. PMID: 1648973

Recent systematic reviews

Arunachalam A, Zhang I, Zhao B, Frederickson AM, Catherine Pietanza M
Lung Cancer 2023 Feb;176:132-139. Epub 2023 Jan 2 doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.01.003. PMID: 36638588
Falkson CB, Vella ET, Ellis PM, Maziak DE, Ung YC, Yu E
J Thorac Oncol 2023 Mar;18(3):299-312. Epub 2022 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.10.016. PMID: 36343922
Falkson CB, Vella ET, Ellis PM, Maziak DE, Ung YC, Yu E
J Thorac Oncol 2022 Nov;17(11):1258-1275. Epub 2022 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.08.007. PMID: 36031176
Berghmans T, Durieux V, Holbrechts S, Jungels C, Lafitte JJ, Meert AP, Moretti L, Ocak S, Roelandts M, Girard N
Lung Cancer 2018 Dec;126:25-31. Epub 2018 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.10.018. PMID: 30527189
Wei ML, Kang D, Gu L, Qiu M, Zhengyin L, Mu Y
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Aug 23;2013(8):CD008588. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008588.pub2. PMID: 23970462Free PMC Article

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