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Thymoma radiotherapy
Introduction
Overview
Overview
- Radiotherapy is used in the treatment of unresectable thymoma.
- Radiotherapy may be used to decrease the size and improve resectability, before surgery is attempted.
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy
- Radiotherapy is used in unresectable thymoma or incompletely resected invasive thymoma.
- The dose and fraction schemes of radiotherapy depend on the indication of the radiation and the completeness of surgical resection.[1]
References
References
- ↑ “https://www.nccn.org/store/login/login.aspx?ReturnURL=http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/thymic.pdf” (PDF). External link in
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