ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Thymoma: An Overview.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Biomarkers Suitable for Early Detection of Intrathoracic Cancers in Primary Care: A Systematic Review.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma.Muscle & nerve · 2026Review
- Second primary malignancy risk after thymic epithelial tumors: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis integrating multiple primary-standardized incidence ratio and competing-risk models.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- A rare case of thymoma with extensive clear cell components: a discussion of its clear cell transformation.Medical molecular morphology · 2026Article
- Thymomas under the radiomic lens: preliminary evidence of CT-radiomics signatures for histological grading and disease staging.La Radiologia medica · 2025Article
- Artificial intelligence for diagnosis and prognosis of thymic epithelial tumors: a systematic review.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2025Review
- Case Report: Type A invasive thymoma with renal metastasis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Machine learning assisted breathomic approach for early-stage thoracic cancer detection.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Hodgkin lymphoma in pre-existing thymoma: a case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic extend thymectomy with sternal suspension for thymoma.Thoracic cancer · 2024Article
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- The combination of maximum standardized uptake value and clinical parameters for improving the accuracy in distinguishing primary mediastinal lymphomas from thymic epithelial tumors.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Identification of cytokines in benign and malignant thymus tumors: based on Mendelian randomization and proteomics.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Death-associated protein 3 in cancer-discrepant roles of DAP3 in tumours and molecular mechanisms.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
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- Diagnosis of Good Syndrome following Recurrent Coronavirus Disease-2019 Infections.Case reports in oncologyArticle
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Abstract
Thymomas are considered one of the most prevalent types of mediastinal epithelial tumors, which frequently develop in the anterior mediastinum. Due to their rarity, these tumors' nomenclature, classification, and staging are likely to be the subject of debate and argument for most expert pathologists. Furthermore, the significance of thymoma histologic classifications have been debated over the past twenty years. While certain advocates argue that staging at the time of diagnosis is more significant, others believe that histologic subtyping has a significant impact on how patients behave clinically. In this review, we will focus on some of the challenges that diagnostic surgical pathologists may experience while evaluating the histopathology of thymomas and staging these tumors. We will additionally glance over the clinical characteristics of these distinct tumors and the current management strategy.
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