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. 2016 Jun 16;7(4):279–287. doi: 10.1007/s12672-016-0269-y

Table 5.

Overview of characteristics of individual patients with MEN1 with thymic carcinoids (n = 9)

Patient Sex Smoking status Vital status Total follow-up (months) MEN1 genetic testing MEN1-related diseases Thymic carcinoid diagnosis Diagnosis age of thymic carcinoid (years) Surgery for thymic carcinoid Adjuvant chemotherapy Adjuvant radiotherapy Metastasis from thymic carcinoid Overall survivalb (years)
I Male No Dead 27 Not done

PHPT: +

PNET: +

Incidental 32 Thymectomy

5-FU

STZ

Doxorubicin

Leucovorin

XRT Lymph nodes: metachronous 22
II Female No Dead 99 R98X (non-sense-deleterious, exon 2)

PHPT: +

PNET: +

Pituitary: +

Unknown 44 Thymectomy

5-FU

STZ

Doxorubicin

XRT Lung: metachronous 19
III Male No Dead 1 275_286delGCTTCACCGCCC (deletion-deleterious, exon 2)

PHPT: +

PNET: +

Pituitary: +

Incidental 40 Thymectomy

5-FU

Leucovorin

XRT Bones: metachronous 17
IV Male No Dead 38 Not done

PHPT: +

PNET: +

Pituitary: +

Unknown 46 Thymectomy None XRT Lung: metachronous 5
V Female Unknown Dead 16 Not done

PHPT: +

PNET: +

Incidental 41 Not operated

Cisplatin

Etoposide

Carboplatin

XRT Bones and lymph nodes: synchronous 6
VI Female Noa Dead 85 Not done

PHPT: +

Pituitary: +

Symptomatic 48 Thymectomy None None Bones: metachronous 8
VII Male Chewing tobacco use Dead 1 W341X (non-sense-deleterious, exon 7)

PHPT: +

Pituitary: +

Symptomatic 45 Thymectomy

Etoposide

Carboplatin

Denosumab

XRT Lung and bones: metachronous 9
VIII Male No Dead 55 Duplication of exons 9, 10 + (insertion-deleterious, exons 9 and 10) None Incidental 23 Thymectomy

Etoposide

Cisplatin

Bevacizumab

AKT inhibitor (MK-2206)

IMRT

Lung, bone: synchronous

Brain: metachronous

7
IX Male Yes Alive 20 c.1350+(1_11)del11 (splice-deleterious, exon 9)

PHPT: +

Pituitary: +

Incidental 45 Debulking thymectomy

Carboplatin

Etoposide

XRT Lung: metachronous

XRT X-ray radiation therapy, IMRT intensity-modulated radiotherapy, 5-FU 5-fluorouracil, STZ streptozocin

aPatient smoked very rarely in puberty and never smoked as an adult

bFrom time of thymic carcinoid diagnosis