Abstract
A review of 48 cases of anaplastic cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland treated in the Department of E.N.T. of Beilinson Medical Center revealed more than 90% of the patients to be over 50 years of age. Twenty-five percent of the patients showed histologically areas of transition front differentiated carcinoma (either papillary or follicular) into anaplastic carcinoma. The patients were treated by surgery and/or irradiation and/or chemotherapy. Twenty-seven patients underwent subtotal or total thyroidectomy and 21 patients underwent biopsy or partial thyroidectomy. The survival rate was very poor two-year survival rate was 28%. Twenty-eight of the patients (58%) died within one year of diagnosis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 511-516 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | European Journal of Surgical Oncology |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Anaplastic carcinoma
- Total thyroidectomy
- Well-differentiated carcinoma
