Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of thymic epithelial tumors.
Chun-Wei XuYong-Chang ZhangWen-Xian WangQian WangZiming LiZhengbo SongJiandong WangJinpu YuJingjing LiuShirong ZhangXiuyu CaiMing WuPing ZhanHongbing LiuTangfeng LvLi-Yun MiaoLingfeng MinJiancheng LiBaogang LiuJingping YuanZhansheng JiangGen LinXiaohui ChenXingxiang PuChuangzhou RaoDongqing LvZongyang YuXiaoyan LiChuanhao TangCheng-Zhi ZhouJunping ZhangHui GuoQian ChuRui MengXuewen LiuJingxun WuXiao HuMin FangJin ZhouZhengfei ZhuXiaofeng ChenWeiwei PanFei PangYuxiang ZhouQijie JianKai WangLiping WangYoucai ZhuGuocai YangXinqing LinJing CaiLijun LiangHuijing FengLin WangYingying DuWang YaoXuefei ShiXiaomin NiuDongmei YuanYanwen YaoJianhui HuangYinbin ZhangPingli SunHong WangMingxiang YeDong WangZhaofeng WangYue HaoZhen WangBing WanDonglai LvGenhua YuAnna LiJin KangJiatao ZhangChao ZhangHuafei ChenLin ShiLeiguang YeGaoming WangYina WangFeng GaoWei ZhouChunxiu HuJianguo WeiBihui LiZhongwu LiYuan LiZhefeng LiuNong YangLin WuQiming WangWenbin HuangZhuan HongGuansong WangMeiyu FangYong FangXixu ZhuKaiqi DuJiansong JiYi ShenYiping ZhangShenglin MaYong SongYuanzhi LuAnwen LiuWenfeng FangWen-Zhao ZhongPublished in: Thoracic cancer (2023)
Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) are a relatively rare type of thoracic tumor, accounting for less than 1% of all tumors. The incidence of TETs is about 3.93/10000 in China, slightly higher than that of European and American countries. For resectable TETs, complete surgical resection is recommended. Radiotherapy or chemotherapy may be used as postoperative adjuvant treatment. Treatment for advanced, unresectable TETs consist mainly of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but there is a lack of standard first- and second-line treatment regimens. Recently, targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown promising outcomes in TETs. Based on the currently available clinical evidences and the opinions of the national experts, the Thymic Oncology Group of Yangtze River Delta Lung Cancer Cooperation Group (East China LUng caNcer Group, ECLUNG; Youth Committee) established this Chinese expert consensus on the clinical diagnosis and treatment of TETs, covering the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and follow-up of TETs.