title: Clinical experience of the multimodality management of anaplastic thyroid cancer and literature review.
abstract: Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma (ATC) is a rare thyroid tumor with a very aggressive clinical course. The following is a report of five patients with inoperable locally advanced disease treated at our institution using multimodality management consisting of chemotherapy and hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy. A flow diagram with management recommendations for inoperable ATC is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Canada.
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pudney
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ruether
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falck
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome