[A case of advanced thymic cancer successfully treated with neoadjuvant intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy].

We report the case of a 68-year-old man with advanced thymic cancer who was diagnosed as having squamous cell carcinoma by percutaneous needle biopsy. The CT scan showed pre-cardiac and pulmonary invasion, therefore the tumor was classified as Masaoka's stage III. Induction systemic chemotherapy consisting of CDDP (70 mg/m2, day 1), ADM (40 mg/m2, day 1) and ETP (70 mg/m2, day 1-3) was performed for the purpose of reducing the tumor size; however, the tumor's size did not shrink.