ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2023
External beam radiotherapy for thyroid cancer: Patients, complications, and survival.
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- Role of Volumetric Modulated Arc radioTherapy (VMAT) in the adjuvant treatment of locally advanced differentiated thyroid cancer: single institution experience.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025Article
- Which factors affect treatment success/prognosis in thyroid cancers with pulmonary metastases and what is/how should be the effective cumulative cure/dose as a current approach; a retrospective study.Annals of nuclear medicine · 2025Article
- Long-Term Results of External Beam Radiation Therapy with or Without Concurrent Chemotherapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2025Article
- Anaplastic thyroid cancer: Unveiling advances in diagnosis and management.World journal of clinical oncology · 2024Article
- Contemporary trends in extent of surgery for differentiated thyroid cancer with extrathyroidal extension.American journal of surgery · 2024Article
- Advances in the management of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: transforming a life-threatening condition into a potentially treatable disease.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Review
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) as a target for imaging differentiated thyroid cancer.Surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatterns of utilization of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in thyroid cancer are incompletely described. We characterize therapeutic intent, complications, and survival in thyroid cancer treated with EBRT.
methodsIn this retrospective study of 105 thyroid cancer patients treated with EBRT at one institution (2008-2018), the primary outcome was overall survival. Secondary outcomes included incomplete treatment, emergency department (ED) visits, weight change, and gastrostomy placement.
resultsDominant histopathology was differentiated (44%), anaplastic (45%) and poorly-differentiated (11%) disease. EBRT was mainly utilized for locoregional control (differentiated 87%, poorly-differentiated 75%, anaplastic 92%). Palliative EBRT was more common in poorly-differentiated disease (42%). Weight loss was greater in aggressive/advanced disease (differentiated 10 lb, poorly-differentiated 27 lb, anaplastic 18 lb). Anaplastic cancer had higher rates of gastrostomy (34%) and lowest rates of treatment completion (83%). ED encounters were common (differentiated 44%, poorly-differentiated 50%, anaplastic 45%). Gastrostomy was associated with mortality on multivariable analysis in non-anaplastic malignancy.
conclusionsEBRT was most frequently administered for locoregional control in thyroid cancer. Despite complications, the majority of patients completed EBRT therapy.
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