Thymic epithelial tumors are a rare group of malignancies originating in the thymus gland, that includes thymoma and thymic carcinoma. Among these, thymic carcinoma is the more aggressive subtype, ...

Carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) represents a rare entity among head and neck malignancies. Typically arising in the thyroid gland and occasionally in adjacent tissues such as ...

BRAF Gene Is Somatically Mutated but Does Not Make a Major Contribution to Malignant Melanoma Susceptibility: The Italian Melanoma Intergroup Study Forty-two patients with advanced thymoma or thymic ...

Dear Doctor Roach: I have recently learned that my sibling, age 70, has rare cancer of the thymus. She will be getting chemotherapy and perhaps radiation treatment. I have heard of immunotherapy. Is ...

Annemarie Shepherd, MD, medical director of Fred Hutch Cancer Center – Proton Therapy, has a special interest in thymic cancers, a type of thoracic cancer. Thoracic cancers develops in the chest, or ...

Thymic epithelial tumors are a rare group of malignancies originating in the thymus gland, that includes thymoma and thymic ...

There's a small fatty gland that sits behind your sternum and is often said to be 'useless' in adulthood. A retrospective study, however, suggests the thymus gland is not nearly as expendable as ...

A thymectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing the thymus gland. Surgeons perform a thymectomy to treat certain autoimmune diseases and cancers. The thymus is a small gland in the upper ...