Question 1

who gets thymus cancer?

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Usually after age 40: There are 3 main types, but generally progress slowly, and happen after age 40, also associated with patients with myasthenia gravis.

Question 2

what is thymus cancer from?

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Immune system: The thymus is an immune organ, that lives in the chest.  It is most active in childhood.  No one knows what causes the cancer, but it omes in many different types, which often resemble cancers from other areas of the body, such as squamous cell cancer, lymphoma, etc.  One type of the thymic cancer, which is a malignant thymoma, is related to the muscle disease myasthenia gravis.

Question 3

who does thymus cancer affect?

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The thymus: Is an organ that is prominent in childhood living behind the sternus and necessary to "instruct" lymphocytes to recognize "self" antigens, have memory (as in , easles, mumps chickn pox), and fend off certain infections. Itinvolutes in adults. Thymic carcinoma occurs rarely sporadically. Thymoma is a benign, but invasive, and associated with myasthenia and certain inflammatory diseases and anemia.

Question 4

how is thymus cancer diagnosed?

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Imaging and biopsy: Imaging is usually the first step in diagnosing thymus pathology. Ct scan would probably be required to differentiate between potentially malignant and benign lesions. Finally, biopsy will need to be performed to determine the cancer type and stage.

Question 5

what are the characteristic symptoms of thymus cancer?

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There are benign: Masses called thymoma, can cause muscle weakness (myesthenic syndrome), pure red cell aplasia (spindle type), and associated with rheumatic diseases (lupus, polymyositis). There is a malignant variety, and carcinoids affecting the organ. The thymus helps develop the t-cell immunity; involutes in adulthood.

Question 6

what is the definition or description of: thymus cancer?

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Thymus cancer=: Cancer arising in thymus, a lymphoid gland located in the anterior chest(mediastinum).  The most common variant is called a thymoma.

Question 7

what is the treatment for thymus cancer?

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Resectable or not: Surgery for resectable thymic cancers. Surgery may occur before or after radiation +/- chemotherapy in some late stage cancers.

Question 8

what is the ribbon color for thymus cancer?

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Purple: Possibly because most thymoma stain a rich purple on standard tissue staining.

Question 9

jaw pain, neck pain,ear ache, bitter metal taste.  gerd drugs once worked but now not working anymore.  is this possibly oral hpv or throat cancer?

Accepted Answer

Doubt it: GERD treatment is always a work in process. Avoiding foods &amp; behaviors that aggravate the process are a necessary addition to any meds. Not consuming caffeine within 6 hrs of laying down, avoiding laying down for 1-2 hrs after meals, reducing meal volumes &amp; acidic drinks are all add ons to help reduce symptoms. GERD is potentially life long but you learn reduce its activity over time.

Question 10

is there any possibility for my cancer to spread beyond the thymus?

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Yes: It depends on grade but there is the chance of nodal or systemic spread in higher grade malignant tumors of the thymus.

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