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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amr Marawan, M.D. [2] Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [3]

Overview

  • Radiotherapy is used in the treatment of unresectable thymoma.
  • Radiotherapy may be used to decrease the size and improve resectability, before surgery is attempted.

Radiotherapy

  • Radiotherapy is used in unresectable thymoma or incompletely resected invasive thymoma.
  • The dose and fraction schemes of radiotherapy depend on the indication of the radiation and the completeness of surgical resection.[1]

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