Abstract
Eight cases of thymic cancer treated in our hospital were reviewed clinically. There were seven men and one woman, who ranged in age from 30 to 80 years (mean age, 64.5 years). The histological subtypes of thymic cancer were squamous cell carcinoma in five, combined carcinoma in two, neuroendocrine carcinoma in one. Two cases were in stageII, three cases were in stageIII, two cases were in stageIVa, one case was in stageIVb. Two cases with invasive tumor were treated by induction chemotherapy. In surgery, four cases were completely resected and two cases received exploratory thoracotomy. We have three recurrent cases in four completely resected, the location of which were in local lesion, pleural cavity, lung and chest wall which was a case of implantation by needle aspiration biopsy. 5-year survival was achieved in two cases with stageII, however one of them had metastasis and died as a result of their tumors 72 months after surgery. Another case is alive without recurrence for 10 years. It is important that combined therapy such as chemoradiotherapy and complete resection is established, for especially stageIII.
