Thymoma and thymic carcinoma in children and adolescents: A report from the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT)

This study confirms the possibility to perform European retrospective analysis even in very rare paediatric tumours. Thymic carcinoma is associated with paediatric patients to give a very poor prognosis independently despite multimodal management. Multidisciplinary, multicenter approach and collaboration with adults' physician are necessary in order to propose homogenous guidelines.