Radiotherapy Plus Chemotherapy Leads to Prolonged Survival in Patients With Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Compared With Radiotherapy Alone Regardless of Surgical Resection and Distant Metastasis: A Retrospective Population Study

Radiotherapy Plus Chemotherapy Leads to Prolonged Survival in Patients With Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Compared With Radiotherapy Alone Regardless of Surgical Resection and Distant Metastasis: A Retrospective Population Study

BackgroundWhether anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) patients benefit more from radiotherapy plus chemotherapy (RCT) than from radiotherapy alone (RT) was controversial. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of RCT versus RT on ATC overall and within subgroups by surgical resection and distant meta...

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Main Authors: Weili Zhou, Yangyang Yue, Xin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
anaplastic thyroid cancer
chemotherapy
distant metastasis
radiotherapy
surgical resection
SEER database
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.748023/full

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