Prognostic factors in radiotherapy of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: a single center study over 31 years

Background Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma has a very poor prognosis. We analyzed the effect of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy on survival time and side effects in patients with ATC. Methods We retrospectively analyzed all patients (n = 63) with histologically confirmed ATC who presented at our...

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Published in:	Radiation oncology (London, England) Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 71 - 11
Main Authors:	Jacob, Julia, Vordermark, Dirk, Lorenz, Kerstin, Medenwald, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 19.04.2023 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Analysis Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cancer Research Care and treatment Chemotherapy Combined Modality Therapy Complications and side effects Dysphagia Humans Imaging Long-term-study Lymphatic system Medical prognosis Metastases Metastasis Multimodal therapy Oncology Ostomy Patient outcomes Patients Prevention Prognosis Prognostic factors Radiation Radiation dosage Radiation dosimetry Radiation therapy Radiology Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - methods Regression analysis Regression models Retrospective Studies Risk factors Side effects Statistical models Surgery Survival Survival analysis Thyroid Thyroid cancer Thyroid carcinoma Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic - pathology Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic - radiotherapy Thyroid Neoplasms - etiology Thyroid Neoplasms - radiotherapy Thyroidectomy Toxicity Germany Long-term-study Multimodal therapy Radiotherapy Prognostic factors Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC)
ISSN:	1748-717X, 1748-717X
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