Does surgery improve the survival of patients with advanced anaplastic thyroid carcinoma?
β Scribed by WEN-TSOUNG LU; JEN-DER LIN; HONG-SO HUANG; TZU-CHIEH CHAO
- Book ID
- 117403363
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 118
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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## Abstract ## Background The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of a multimodality treatment for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC). ## Methods Clinical data of 40 consecutive patients treated between 1985 and 2009 were retrospectively analyzed. ## Results The median surviva
Background. Most patients with anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid die within several months of diagnosis, and aggressive treatment is uncommon. We evaluated the effect of active multimodal treatment (surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy) on this disease, including one patient treated with autolo