First-Line Treatment with Carboplatin plus nab-Paclitaxel and Maintenance Monotherapy with nab-Paclitaxel for a Thymic Carcinoma: A Case Report

Thymic carcinomas are rare malignant tumors, located in the anterior mediastinum. For the treatment of these carcinomas, several chemotherapy regimens have been suggested, including carboplatin plus paclitaxel. However, because of the rarity of these tumors, the standard chemotherapy regimen has not yet been established. Here, we report a case of thymic carcinoma that responded to first-line carboplatin plus nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel...