TY - JOUR
T1 - A practical guide from the international thymic malignancy interest group (ITMIG) regarding the radiographic assessment of treatment response of thymic epithelial tumors using modified RECIST criteria
AU - Benveniste, Marcelo F.
AU - Korst, Robert J.
AU - Rajan, Arun
AU - Detterbeck, Frank C.
AU - Marom, Edith M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Measuring tumor response to chemotherapy is important for both clinical decision-making and for multi-institutional studies. Thymoma tends to spread along the pleura: A challenge for accurate tumor measurement. Inaccurate and inconsistent tumor measurements often compromise results from clinical trials that are dependent on identifying response rate and progression-free survival. In this article, we sought to provide a practical guide on how to measure thymoma by the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group's recommendations for standard outcome measures. The aim of this article is to clarify this measuring technique, lead to consistency between institutions, and minimize intra-And interobserver variability.
AB - Measuring tumor response to chemotherapy is important for both clinical decision-making and for multi-institutional studies. Thymoma tends to spread along the pleura: A challenge for accurate tumor measurement. Inaccurate and inconsistent tumor measurements often compromise results from clinical trials that are dependent on identifying response rate and progression-free survival. In this article, we sought to provide a practical guide on how to measure thymoma by the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group's recommendations for standard outcome measures. The aim of this article is to clarify this measuring technique, lead to consistency between institutions, and minimize intra-And interobserver variability.
KW - International thymic malignancy interest group
KW - Response measurement
KW - Thymic neoplasm
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964315779&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000296
DO - 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000296
M3 - Article
C2 - 25396308
AN - SCOPUS:84964315779
SN - 1556-0864
VL - 9
SP - S119-S124
JO - Journal of Thoracic Oncology
JF - Journal of Thoracic Oncology
IS - 9
ER -