Multimodality Treatment with Surgery, External-Beam Radiation, and Chemotherapy Improves Survival for Selected Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masha J. Livhits ◽  
Michael W. Yeh
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Cancer ◽  
Multimodality Treatment ◽  
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer ◽  
External Beam Radiation ◽  
External Beam ◽  
Beam Radiation

scholarly journals Update on External Beam Radiation Therapy in Thyroid Cancer

2011 ◽  
Vol 96 (8) ◽  
pp. 2289-2295 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Brierley
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Thyroid Cancer ◽  
Differentiated Thyroid Cancer ◽  
External Beam Radiotherapy ◽  
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer ◽  
External Beam Radiation ◽  
External Beam ◽  
Primary Therapy ◽  
Beam Radiation ◽  
Effective Radiation

Abstract Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for thyroid cancer. The role for external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) as an adjuvant to surgery or as the primary therapy is established in anaplastic thyroid cancer but is controversial in differentiated thyroid cancer and uncertain in medullary thyroid cancer. This update reviews the recent reported success of combining EBRT with taxanes in anaplastic thyroid cancer. Also discussed are the recent reports from large single institutions that support the recommendations of the American and British Thyroid Associations on the use of EBRT in high-risk differentiated thyroid cancer. Further evidence on the role of EBRT in MTC is discussed. The important advances in the delivery of EBRT using intensity-modulated radiation and image-guided radiation that result in more accurate and potentially more effective radiation therapy with less toxicity are also discussed.

scholarly journals Whistle from Afar: A Case of Endotracheal Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Bitoti Chattopadhyay ◽  
Biswamit Bhattacharya ◽  
Atri Chatterjee ◽  
Pijush Kanti Biswas ◽  
Nirod Baran Debnath
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Thyroid Cancer ◽  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Papillary Carcinoma ◽  
External Beam Radiation Therapy ◽  
External Beam Radiation ◽  
External Beam ◽  
Papillary Thyroid ◽  
Beam Radiation ◽  
Rare Situation

Endotracheal metastasis is a rare situation, usually associated with malignancies of breast and gastrointestinal tract, specially colon. Papillary carcinoma of thyroid commonly disseminates through lymphatic channels and tracheal involvement through vascular route is rarely reported. Here, we report a case of tracheal metastasis from papillary carcinoma of thyroid. The patient responded to external beam radiation therapy with cobalt 60 beams in a dose of 44 Gy followed by a 16 Gy boost. The patient is under followup and is presently asymptomatic. This paper adds to the repertoire of evidence in treatment of endotracheal metastasis.

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