Anaplastic thyroid cancer

Anaplastic carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract

Anaplastic thyroid cancer is rare (1-5% of thyroid cancers). It usually affects people over 60-70 years of age. This type of tumor is characterized by rapid growth of the tumor node, invasion of the environment and mechanical syndrome (from oppression). It creates early distant metastases ( nodes , lungs , liver , CNS ).

Therapy

• Radical surgery (total thyroidectomy),
• palliation - cytostatics + external irradiation .
• often only symptomatic treatment .

Prognosis

• Unfavorable, median survival 5 months.

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Related articles

• Thyroid tumors
• Differentiated thyroid cancer
• Medullary thyroid carcinoma

References

• CHILD, P., et al. Internal Medicine. 2nd edition. Prague: Galén, 2007.  ISBN 978-80-7262-496-6
• BENEŠ, Jiří. Study materials  [online]. © 2007. [feeling. 2014]. < http://jirben.wz.cz >.

Reference

1. KEUTGEN, Xavier M, Samira M SADOWSKI and Electron KEBEBEW. Management of anaplastic thyroid cancer. Gland Surg [online] . 2015, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 44-51, also available from < https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4321056/?tool=pubmed >. ISSN 2227-684X.