"Thymoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A neoplasm originating from thymic tissue, usually benign, and frequently encapsulated. Although it is occasionally invasive, metastases are extremely rare. It consists of any type of thymic epithelial cell as well as lymphocytes that are usually abundant. Malignant lymphomas that involve the thymus, e.g., lymphosarcoma, Hodgkin's disease (previously termed granulomatous thymoma), should not be regarded as thymoma. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D013945
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.435.850 C04.588.894.949.500 C15.604.861.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Carcinoma, Thymic- Carcinoma, Thymic
- Carcinomas, Thymic
- Thymic Carcinoma
- Thymic Carcinomas
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thymoma" by people in Profiles.
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Weksler B, Pennathur A, Sullivan JL, Nason KS. Resection of thymoma should include nodal sampling. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Mar; 149(3):737-42.
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Weksler B, Dhupar R, Parikh V, Nason KS, Pennathur A, Ferson PF. Thymic carcinoma: a multivariate analysis of factors predictive of survival in 290 patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jan; 95(1):299-303.
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Weksler B, Shende M, Nason KS, Gallagher A, Ferson PF, Pennathur A. The role of adjuvant radiation therapy for resected stage III thymoma: a population-based study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jun; 93(6):1822-8; discussion 1828-9.
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Weksler B, Nason KS, Mackey D, Gallagher A, Pennathur A. Thymomas and extrathymic cancers. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Mar; 93(3):884-8.
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Weiss GJ. Thymic carcinoma: current and future therapeutic interventions. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Aug; 19(8):1007-16.
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DiFronzo NL, Frieder M, Loiler SA, Pham QN, Holland CA. Duplication of U3 sequences in the long terminal repeat of mink cell focus-inducing viruses generates redundancies of transcription factor binding sites important for the induction of thymomas. J Virol. 2003 Mar; 77(5):3326-33.
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O'Neil J, Billa M, Oikemus S, Kelliher M. The DNA binding activity of TAL-1 is not required to induce leukemia/lymphoma in mice. Oncogene. 2001 Jun 28; 20(29):3897-905.
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Graeber GM, Tamim W. Current status of the diagnosis and treatment of thymoma. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000 Oct; 12(4):268-77.
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Langenfeld J, Graeber GM. Current management of thymoma. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 1999 Apr; 8(2):327-39.
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Kelliher MA, Seldin DC, Leder P. Tal-1 induces T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia accelerated by casein kinase IIalpha. EMBO J. 1996 Oct 01; 15(19):5160-6.