title: Palliative radiation in primary squamous cell carcinoma of thyroid: a rare case report.
abstract: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid is an extremely rare neoplasm with aggressive behavior. Until date, only around 60 cases have been reported in the literature. Primary treatment of the patient is radical surgery. With optimum treatment survival is not more than 6 months in this aggressive malignancy. However in our patient surgery it was not possible because of unresectability of the mass due to encroachment of major vessels. Hence, we have delivered radiotherapy alone, with which effective palliation could be achieved and patient is leading a good quality-of-life for last 1 year.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, and Histopathology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Sushmita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghoshal
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, and Histopathology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Tapesh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, and Histopathology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Ashwani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, and Histopathology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Ruchita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tyagi
keywords: Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Thyroid