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Literature on mediastinal tumors that we can recommend

 

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29 Dec 23
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Thymic Epithelial Tumor Staging Project: A Re-Assessment of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group/International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lymph Node Map for Thymic Epithelial Tumors for the Forthcoming Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

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 […]...

ITMIG Classification of Mediastinal Compartments

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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. Journal of Thoracic OncologyVol. 9Issue 9S97–S101

Minimally Invasive Thymectomy

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[Publication in Mediastinum, December 2017: LINK]

Thymic epithelial tumours: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

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.

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