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Invasive atypical thymic carcinoid: three case reports and literature review

Overview of attention for article published in OncoTargets and therapy, October 2016
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Title
Invasive atypical thymic carcinoid: three case reports and literature review
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OncoTargets and therapy, October 2016
DOI 10.2147/ott.s109693
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Shan Zhu, Zhong-Tang Wang, Wen-Zhi Liu, Shi-Xiang Zong, Bao-Sheng Li

Abstract

Atypical thymic carcinoid is an extremely rare thymic neuroendocrine tumor derived from the neuroendocrine system. The aims of this paper were to investigate the clinical features of atypical thymic carcinoid and collate information and experience to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. We describe three cases of atypical carcinoid of the thymus; clinical features, pathological data, treatment modalities, and short-term patient outcomes were summarized and analyzed. The initial clinical symptoms and signs of all three patients were nonspecific and an anterior mediastinal mass was found in each patient on chest computed tomography scan. All three patients underwent surgical resection (total thymectomy and complete excision of the tumor), followed by postoperative radiotherapy, with or without chemotherapy. The diagnoses of three patients were confirmed by pathological and immunohistochemical evaluation. We also present a review of the literature to collate as much information as possible and provide a reference for proper diagnosis and treatment of atypical thyroid carcinoid.

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Unknown 6 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 1 17%
Student > Postgraduate 1 17%
Other 1 17%
Student > Master 1 17%
Unknown 2 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 67%
Unknown 2 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 October 2016.
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#13,482,115
of 22,893,031 outputs
Outputs from OncoTargets and therapy
#666
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#171,953
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#25
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