Prognostic Factors and Treatment Outcomes for Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: ATC Research Consortium of Japan Cohort Study of 677 Patients

Sugitani, Iwao; Miyauchi, Akira; Sugino, Kiminori; Okamoto, Takahiro; Yoshida, Akira; Suzuki, Shinichi

doi:10.1007/s00268-012-1437-z

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Prognostic Factors and Treatment Outcomes for Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: ATC Research Consortium of Japan Cohort Study of 677 Patients

Published in World Journal of Surgery • Feb 6, 2012

Authors:

Iwao Sugitani

Akira Miyauchi

Kiminori Sugino

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) accounts for only 1 to 2% of all thyroid carcinomas, but it is one of the most lethal neoplasms in humans. To date, most findings about ATC have been derived from single-institution studies with limited numbers of cohorts. To obtain further insights int...

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Medicine

Anaplastic thyroid cancer

Internal medicine

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