Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a research and development-oriented pharmaceutical company, announced that it filed a regulatory application with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for ...

The MARBLE study presents a promising therapeutic option for advanced thymic carcinoma, combining immune checkpoint inhibitors with platinum-based chemotherapy. Dr.

Thymic carcinoma, a rare cancer, is often associated with poor prognosis in advanced or recurrent stages. However, its rarity has delayed the development of novel pharmacotherapy. Now, researchers ...

The trial is still ongoing. Shepherd also became interested in thymic cancers because of the young, motivated patient population and the fact it's a rare cancer, which means it doesn't receive as much ...

Severe coronary artery calcification (CAC) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with an elevated risk for heart failure (HF), heart valve calcification, and kidney disease ...

Treatment with lenvatinib (Lenvima) plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) demonstrated a 5-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate of almost 90% in patients with platinum refractory advanced B3-thymoma and ...

Schematic overview of the study design. A multi-omics cohort comprising 316 patients of breast cancer with mammography data. The cohort was stratified according to calcification features ...

A recent article in Nature Immunology, by Dr. Jarrod Dudakov and others, define a unique feature of thymic atrophy and how it relates to aging of the immune system. Dudakov is an Associate Professor ...

Thymic lymphoma may also cause you to develop a mass, or growing tumor, in the middle of your chest. In rare cases, it can press against other body parts that are nearby and cause symptoms like ...

Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46354-0 Brain calcification can cause movement disorders and cognitive impairment.

Thymoma and thymic carcinoma are two types of thymus cancer. The thymus is a small organ in the upper chest. It’s in front of and above the heart. It makes white blood cells that help your body ...

Of the 36 cases reported, 16 children were identified with thymoma, median age 11 years (range 4 to 17 years) and 20 with thymic carcinoma, median age 14 (range 4.5-19 years). 3 Another study from ...