Representing Patients with
Thymic Cancers in the UK
- ThymicUK works to provide information and support for those affected by Thymic Cancers in the UK.
Representing Patients with
Thymic Cancers in the UK
- ThymicUK works to provide information and support for those affected by Thymic Cancers in the UK.
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- Help us to improve research and the treatments available for Thymic cancers in the United Kingdom.
Support & Advocacy for those Affected by Thymic Cancers
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ThymicUK is a registered charity established by patients with thymic cancers, their carers, and families and friends.
Our purposes are to provide support, advocate and share information, facilitate research and ultimately to improve the treatments available for these rare cancers in the United Kingdom. Through these endeavours ThymicUK hopes to increase the overall survival and quality of life of patients with thymic cancers.
We do not offer medical advice but we have an active Facebook group where experiences and information can be shared and we hold regular virtual and face to face meetings. ThymicUK is a member of the British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) Thymic Malignancy Special Interest Group.
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UK-Based Support Group for Patients, Family & Carers Affected by Thymic Cancer
Latest Patient Stories:
Chris’s story
Sharing positivity. Hello, I am a 68 year old from South Tyneside. I will share my story from first scan in April 2024 to discharge in October of the same year. I volunteered for a lung scan under the NHS Initiative for ex-smokers. As well as smoking in my teens
Roy’s Story – A Father’s Experience
My Story is my daughters story. When your child (42) calls you from the hospital and says I’m frightened Dad who is going to look after Hannah, (her daughter) when I’m gone. This is not good. Then to face all the treatments to bash and beat up a very aggression
Thymus gland cancers are cancers which start in the thymus gland located in the chest between the lungs. Cancers of the thymus gland are rare. The majority of such cancers are called thymomas.
There is also a much rarer form of thymus gland cancer called thymic carcinoma.
Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are cancers of the cells (called epithelial cells) that line the thymus gland.
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Help shape future research
Our goal is for more research to go into possible treatments for thymic cancers. We can help researchers by providing the information they need.
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