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Systemic chemotherapy for unresectable or recurrent primary thymic adenocarcinoma of enteric type
1Department of Lung Cancer, Beijing Arion Cancer Center, Youlong Road 3A, Daxing District, Beijing, 100070 China.
Abstract:
Primary thymic adenocarcinoma of enteric type is a very rare subtype of thymic carcinoma. Choosing appropriate systemic chemotherapy for patients with unresectable or recurrent disease remain a big challenge. We present a case of 38-year-old man with primary thymic adenocarcinoma of enteric type. The patient received multiline chemotherapy. Metastatic lesions were effectively controlled by FOLFOX (oxaliplatin/5-fluorouracil/leucovorin) chemotherapy. According to the present case and the literature review, FOLFOX and XELOX (capecitabine/oxaliplatin) regimens are reasonable treatment choice for unresectable or recurrent primary thymic adenocarcinoma of enteric type, even in the first-line chemotherapy.
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