Treatment of Unresectable Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma With Upfront External Radiotherapy and Salvage Surgery: A STROBE-Compliant Retrospective Cohort Study

Treatment of Unresectable Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma With Upfront External Radiotherapy and Salvage Surgery: A STROBE-Compliant Retrospective Cohort Study

IntroductionIn patients with unresectable Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), the use of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), leads mostly to palliation. Our aim is to define the role of upfront EBRT, followed or not by salvage surgery, on Progression-free survival (PFS) or Overall survival (OS)...

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Main Authors: José F. Carrillo, Jesús Manuel Flores, Gilberto Espinoza, Rafael Vázquez-Romo, Margarita C. Ramírez-Ortega, Liliana C. Carrillo, Beatriz Y. Cortés-García, Francisco J. Ochoa-Carrillo, Luis F. Oñate-Ocaña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
thyroid neoplasms
radiotherapy
thyroid surgery
locally advanced neoplasms
salvage surgery
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.572958/full

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