18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the management of patients with thymic epithelial tumors.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on February 04, 2013

Authors

Anish Thomas1, Esther Mena, Karen Kurdziel, David Venzon, Sean Khozin, Arlene W Berman, Peter Choyke, Eva Szabo, Arun Rajan, Giuseppe Giaccone

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

A Phase 1/2 Study of PXD101 (Belinostat) in Combination With Cisplatin, Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide in the First Line Treatment of Advanced or Recurrent Thymic, Malignancies | NCT01100944

Multicenter Phase II Study of IMC-A12 in Patients With Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Who Have Been Previously Treated With Chemotherapy | NCT00965250

Belinostat (PXD101) to Treat Tumors of the Thymus at an Advanced Stage | NCT00589290

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