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Thymic sarcomatoid carcinoma

MedGen UID:
234772
Concept ID:
C1335924
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Thymus; sarcomatoid carcinoma of the Thymus; Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of Thymus; sarcomatoid carcinoma of Thymus; Thymic Carcinosarcoma; thymic carcinosarcoma; Thymic Sarcomatoid Carcinoma; thymic sarcomatoid carcinoma; Thymic Spindle Cell Carcinoma; thymic spindle cell carcinoma; Thymus Sarcomatoid Carcinoma; Thymus sarcomatoid carcinoma; thymus sarcomatoid carcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006452

Definition

A rare, usually aggressive, primary thymic carcinoma, characterized by the presence of tumor cells morphologically resembling soft tissue sarcoma. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVThymic sarcomatoid carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Iyengar P, All S, Berry MF, Boike TP, Bradfield L, Dingemans AC, Feldman J, Gomez DR, Hesketh PJ, Jabbour SK, Jeter M, Josipovic M, Lievens Y, McDonald F, Perez BA, Ricardi U, Ruffini E, De Ruysscher D, Saeed H, Schneider BJ, Senan S, Widder J, Guckenberger M
Pract Radiat Oncol 2023 Sep-Oct;13(5):393-412. Epub 2023 Apr 25 doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2023.04.004. PMID: 37294262
Baudin E, Caplin M, Garcia-Carbonero R, Fazio N, Ferolla P, Filosso PL, Frilling A, de Herder WW, Hörsch D, Knigge U, Korse CM, Lim E, Lombard-Bohas C, Pavel M, Scoazec JY, Sundin A, Berruti A; ESMO Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: clinicalguidelines@esmo.org
Ann Oncol 2021 Apr;32(4):439-451. Epub 2021 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.01.003. PMID: 33482246
Rappaport JMP, Huang J, Ahmad U
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2020 Oct;29(4):581-601. Epub 2020 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2020.06.010. PMID: 32883460

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Piao ZH, Chen JP, Chen HR, Zhou XC
Int J Surg Pathol 2022 Aug;30(5):564-568. Epub 2021 Dec 31 doi: 10.1177/10668969211070484. PMID: 34970930
Shimizu J, Kamesui T, Moriya M, Murata S, Nakanishi I, Sasaki M, Minato H
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;20 Suppl:434-40. Epub 2013 Apr 11 doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02185. PMID: 23574996

Prognosis

Shimizu J, Kamesui T, Moriya M, Murata S, Nakanishi I, Sasaki M, Minato H
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014;20 Suppl:434-40. Epub 2013 Apr 11 doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02185. PMID: 23574996
Eimoto T, Kitaoka M, Ogawa H, Niwa H, Murase T, Tateyama H, Inagaki H, Soji T, Wang HJ
Histopathology 2002 Jan;40(1):46-57. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01310.x. PMID: 11903597

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