title: External irradiation in treatment of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid.
abstract: A retrospective review of thirty patients with papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with metastatic or direct extension of their disease was undertaken. These thirty patients were treated by a standard surgical procedure and postoperative high dose orthoirradiation with an average twenty-one year follow-up period. Results of this treatment are compared with those of eighty similar patients treated by surgery alone. The primary treatment of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid remains surgical but with a consideration that irradiation may be of benefit in certain instances.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013965:Thyroidectomy