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Regression of invasive thymoma following corticosteroid therapy
A Termeer1, F J Visser, M Mravunac
1Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Weg door Jonkerbos 100, 6532 SZ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|April 28, 2001
Abstract:
A case of invasive thymoma is presented showing tumour regression after palliative treatment with prednisone. Moderate doses of prednisone resulted in a longtime palliation via remarkable anti-tumour effect. The literature of corticosteroid responses of thymomas is reviewed.