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- Case Report -
A Case of Thymic Carcinoma That Achieved a Long-term Progression-free Survival by Radiation Therapy and Sequential Chemotherapy for Postoperative Intrathoracic Recurrence
Shunichi Kouno1,2, Miki Itai1, Kazue Umetsu1, Masataka Toyoda2, Kentaro Hara2, Takami Kobayashi2, Yuki Shin2, Masaki Aikawa2, Junichi Nakagawa1, Mitsuru Motegi11Department of Respiratory Medicine, Public Fujioka General Hospital, Japan, 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Background. Therapeutic effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy have been reported for thymic carcinoma, but the evidence is scarce. We herein report a case of postoperative intrathoracic recurrence in which a long-term progression-free survival was achieved by radiotherapy and sequential chemotherapy. Case. A 55-year-old man underwent extended thymectomy and a lymph node biopsy for anterior mediastinal tumor. Six months after the operation, recurrence was observed in the right anterior chest. Radiation therapy was performed, chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel was performed, and a complete response was obtained. Sixty months have passed since successive radiochemotherapy was performed for recurrence, and no recurrence had been observed, with the patient still alive. Conclusion. We herein report a valuable case in which a five-year progression-free survival was obtained by sequential radiochemotherapy for a recurrent case of thymic carcinoma.
key words: Thymic carcinoma, Postoperative recurrence, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy
Received: December 9, 2020
Accepted: January 24, 2021
JJLC 61 (3): 184-188, 2021
