Cancer Timona

Thymoma is a type of malignant tumor located in the mediastinum. The mediastinum is the region that lies between the thorax the lungs.
The thymus gland is one that varies in size and may extend to the right and left side of the chest, and neck.
When tumor that originates from this gland called thymoma.
Treatment
The treatment, even for large tumors is surgical. In most cases, after surgery, radiation therapy is performed - treatment modality that uses ionizing radiation over the affected region to combat the disease.
In general, it is a tumor with good prognosis. That is, the cure rate of the treatment is high, and even when occurring relapses of the disease, these are potentially curable. Most recurrences are local - appear in the same place where the disease started. For the treatment of recurrence, surgery and radiotherapy may be used.
In cases of inoperable tumors, recurrent or metastatic disease (already spread to other places), often one gets good response to chemotherapy.
Prevention
To date, there is no way to prevent the appearance of this tumor.
Questions you can ask your doctor
What are the risks of radiotherapy?
After treatment of thymoma, how long medical follow-up should be done?
There are some drug treatment that may be used for myasthenia gravis accompanying thymoma?
The thymus can increase in size without representing a tumor?
The presence of myasthenia gravis is associated with a worse prognosis?
The fact that the disease has spread beyond the capsule of the gland means that the person must do radiotherapy and / or chemotherapy, surgery?