[Treatment and prognosis of squamous cell carcinoma of thyroid].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the treatment and prognosis of the patients with squamous cell carcinoma of thyroid.


METHODS
The clinical data of all patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid in our hospital from Dec. 1994 to Dec. 2008 were analyzed retrospectively.


RESULTS
The overall 1-year, 3-year survival rates were 36.4% and 9.1% respectively. The median survival time was 8 months. Survival analysis showed the patients receiving surgery and postoperative radiotherapy had a better prognosis.


CONCLUSIONS
The prognosis of squamous cell carcinoma of thyroid was poor; the patients with squamous cell carcinoma of thyroid maybe get a better prognosis by receiving surgery and postoperative radiotherapy.
Department of Head and Neck, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, Kunming, 650118, China.
Yaohong
Y
Wu
Chuanzheng
C
Sun
Yan
Y
Xi
Ruimei
R
Sun
Jimin
J
Fe
Xiaojiang
X
Li
Jun
J
Sui
D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*