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Fang W. et al. Abstract Thymic epithelial tumors are rare diseases, with frequently indolent nature. A common language is essential for accurate communication in clinical management and research for this […]...
In 2023, NEJM published a controversial article: Kooshesh KA, Foy BH, Sykes DB, Gustafsson K, Scadden DT. Health consequences of thymus removal in adults. N Engl J Med. 2023;389(5):406-417, which […]...
Marom E. et al. Introduction A lymph node map is the pillar on which accurate assignment and documentation of nodal classification stands. The International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group created the […]...
Okumura M. et al. Introduction A TNM-based stage classification system of thymic epithelial tumors was adopted for the eighth edition of the stage classification of malignant tumors. The Thymic Domain […]...
Roden AC et al. Aims Thymic epithelial tumours (TET), including thymomas and thymic carcinomas and thymic neuroendocrine neoplasms, are malignant neoplasms that can be associated with morbidity and mortality. Recently, […]...
Fang et al. Introduction Stage classification is an important underpinning of management in patients with cancer and rests on a combination of three components—T for tumor extent, N for nodal […]...
Rimner et al. Introduction In 2014, a TNM-based system for thymic epithelial tumors was proposed. The TNM stage classification system was published as a result of a joint project from […]...
Ruffini E. et al. Introduction A tumor, node, metastasis (TNM)-based system for all types of thymic epithelial tumors (TET) was introduced in the 8th edition of the TNM classification of […]...
ABSTRACT
Thymic epithelial tumors are rare diseases, with frequently indolent nature. A common language is essential for accurate communication in clinical management and research for this disease. The International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group updates its original set of standards for reporting outcome measures of clinical studies to facilitate comparison of results between studies and to promote collaborative research of the disease. These standards include international classification of tumor stage, long-term outcome measures with follow-up policy, standard definitions of recurrence and progression, and reporting measures for surgery and multimodality therapy. Implementing these renewed standards will support more accurate study designs, result reporting, and cross-specialty discussions and will facilitate multi-institutional and global collaboration.
[Article in Press, the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, September 2025: LINK]
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A video by Jeffrey Klein, MD presents a practical CT-based division of the mediastinum proposed by ITMIG. This classification defines PREVASCULAR (anterior), a VISCERAL (middle), and a PARAVERTEBRAL (posterior) compartment.
To read more:
Carter BW, Tomiyama N, Bhora FY, Rosado de Christenson ML, Nakajima J, Boiselle PM, Detterbeck FC, Marom EM: A Modern Definition of Mediastinal Compartments. Vol. 9Issue 9S97–S101
Watch numerous educational videos!
[Publication in Mediastinum, December 2017: LINK]
Published in 2015 – Ann Oncol (2015) 26 (suppl 5): v40-v55.
Authors: N. Girard, E. Ruffini, A. Marx, C. Faivre-Finn, S. Peters
Thymic epithelial tumours are a group of rare thoracic cancers including thymomas and thymic carcinomas, with a reported annual incidence of 1.3 to 3.2 per million. These new ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines on thymic cancer provide information on the current management of the disease including recommendations diagnosis, staging and risk assessment and management of resectable and advanced disease.
