Prognostic factors and therapeutic strategy for anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid

I Sugitani, N Kasai, Y Fujimoto, A Yanagisawa - World journal of surgery, 2001 - Springer
Although anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is one of the most aggressive malignancies, a
few patients survive for a fairly long time after modern intensive treatment. We tried to identify …

Prognostic factors of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

M Kihara, A Miyauchi, A Yamauchi, H Yokomise - Surgery today, 2004 - Springer
Purpose. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a relatively rare but very aggressive
malignancy, which usually results in death a few months after diagnosis. However, some …

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma survival

PE Voutilainen, M Multanen, RK Haapiainen… - World Journal of …, 1999 - Springer
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rare, highly malignant tumor of elderly people. The
purpose of this retrospective study was to characterize the patient population and to detect a …

Prognostic factors in anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid—a multivariate survival analysis of 188 patients

N Besic, M Hocevar, J Zgajnar, A Pogacnik… - … archives of surgery, 2005 - Springer
Background Multivariate studies concerning the prognosis of patients with anaplastic
carcinoma of the thyroid gland are scarce. The aim of our study was to determine the …

Prognostic factors and treatment outcomes of 100 cases of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

J Akaishi, K Sugino, W Kitagawa, M Nagahama… - Thyroid, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Background: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a malignancy with one of the highest
fatality rates. Here we report a retrospective study of the treatment and other factors …

The effect of surgery and radiotherapy on outcome of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

JPEN Pierie, A Muzikansky, RD Gaz… - Annals of Surgical …, 2002 - Springer
Background: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is an aggressive rare tumor. We analyzed
our experience for prognosis and the effect of surgery and radiotherapy on patients with …

Treatment outcomes in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: survival improvement in young patients with localized disease treated by combination of surgery and …

T Yau, CY Lo, RJ Epstein, AKY Lam, KY Wan… - Annals of surgical …, 2008 - Springer
Background Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a notoriously aggressive malignancy
associated with a highly lethal clinical course despite therapeutic intervention. Our present …

Effect of primary treatment on survival in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

N Besic, M Auersperg, M Us-Krasovec… - European Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Aims Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a fatal disease despite combined treatment
consisting of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. The optimal sequence of treatment …

The important role of operations in the management of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

K Sugino, K Ito, T Mimura, M Nagahama, N Fukunari… - Surgery, 2002 - Elsevier
Background. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rare and highly lethal neoplasm. We
investigated whether operations have an impact on the survival of patients who have …

Completely resected anaplastic thyroid carcinoma combined with adjuvant chemotherapy and irradiation is associated with prolonged survival

PI Haigh, PHG Ituarte, HS Wu, PA Treseler… - Cancer, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The prognosis of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) has been dismal. The
objective of this study was to identify prognostic factors in patients who had prolonged …