Successful Chemotherapy with Carboplatin and S-1 for Thymic Carcinoma: A Case Report

Thymic carcinoma is a rare but aggressive neoplasm. Although there is no clearly optimal first- or second-line chemotherapy regimen for thymic carcinoma, platinum-based chemotherapy has repeatedly been shown to be of benefit to patients with advanced thymic carcinoma. Some case reports have describe...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Igawa, Nobuyuki Yanagisawa, Mikiko Ishihara, Michiko Kimura, Sachiyo Maki, Sakiko Otani, Jiichiro Sasaki, Noriyuki Masuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/356143