Open AccessHypofractionated Radiotherapy for Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: 15 Years of Experience in a Single Institution
Author(s) -
Noriyoshi Takahashi,
Haruo Matsushita,
Rei Umezawa,
Takaya Yamamoto,
Yojiro Ishikawa,
Yasuo Katagiri,
S. Tasaka,
Kazuya Takeda,
Kuniaki Fukui,
Noriyuki Kadoya,
Kengo Ito,
Keiichi Jingu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000493315
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , retrospective cohort study , thyroid cancer , thyroid , surgery , radiology
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a rare cancer and has a poor prognosis. Several radiation protocols have been reported, but the results were not satisfactory.