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Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) has a poor prognosis. ATC accounts for only 1-2% of all thyroid carcinomas, yet it is one of the most lethal neoplasms in humans. Notably, there are no established treatment protocols for ATC. The present study investigated the prognostic and predictive factors of ATC. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 17 patients with histologically confirmed ATC. The median overall survival of all patients was 3.8 months. In patients under the age of 70 years, the statistically significant prognostic factors indicating longer survival were the absence of distant metastasis and treatment by radical resection. Furthermore, in contrast to previous findings, tumor size and white blood cell count were not associated with ATC prognosis in the present cohort. Importantly, tracheostomy did not contribute to improvement of prognosis and should perhaps not be considered, when unnecessary, to preserve the patient's quality of life. Prognostic factors for ATC are critical to clinicians to enable them to determine which patients will benefit from aggressive treatment strategies, as opposed to supportive care.

A study of 17&nbsp;cases for the identification of prognostic factors for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

A study of 17 cases for the identification of prognostic factors for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma