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Treatment of Recurrent Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

For information about the treatments listed below, see the Treatment Option Overview section.

Treatment of recurrent thymoma and thymic carcinoma may include the following:

  • Chemotherapy.
  • Hormone therapy (octreotide) with or without prednisone.
  • Targeted therapy.
  • Surgery.
  • Radiation therapy.
  • A clinical trial of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy with pembrolizumab.
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