The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if hypofractionated radiotherapy works to shorten the treatment time without increasing the side effects in patients of thymic epithelial tumors. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does Hypofractionated radiotherapy provide better results? * Can hypofractionated radiotherapy reduce toxic and side effects compared with conventional radiotherapy? Researchers will compare the efficacy and safety of hypofractionated radiotherapy after thymic tumor surgery. Participants will: * Receive hypofractionated radiotherapy or conventional radiotherapy * Visit the hospital regularly once every 12 weeks for checkups and tests
According to the World Health Organization histological classification system, thymic epithelial tumors (TET) are divided into thymoma and thymic carcinoma. Surgery is the main treatment for thymic tumors, and radiotherapy (RT), as an important auxiliary method of surgery, also plays an irreplaceable role in all stages of thymoma. Hypofractionated radiotherapy is a common mode of radiotherapy for thoracic tumors. Unlike conventional radiotherapy, hypofractionated radiotherapy has a higher single dose and a shorter course of treatment. Because it improves the treatment efficiency, it can reduce the treatment time of patients and medical institutions and the cost of patients. In the postoperative radiotherapy stage, conventional radiotherapy and hypofractionated radiotherapy were used. The course of hypofractionated radiotherapy was shorter than that of conventional radiotherapy. Patients chose to accept hypofractionated radiotherapy as the hypofractionated group, but not the conventional group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
R0 resection: 45-50Gy/20-25f R1 resection: 54-56Gy/25-28f R2 resection: 60-70Gy/30-35f
Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, China
RECRUITING3-year PFS
Time from enrollment to disease progression or death.
Time frame: The patients were followed up for 3 years from enrollment to disease progression or death.
toxicity
Any adverse medical event that occurred between the time the patient provided informed consent and was enrolled in the trial and the date of the last follow-up visit.
Time frame: Patients were followed from enrollment until 3 years.
3-year OS
Time from patient enrollment to patient death.
Time frame: The patients were followed up for 3 years from enrollment to death.
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