Prognostic factors and treatment outcomes for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: ATC research consortium of Japan cohort study of 677 patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1247-1254

  Sugitani, Iwao ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^b   Sugino, Kiminori ^c   Okamoto, Takahiro ^d   Yoshida, Akira ^e   Suzuki, Shinichi ^f  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ITO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864287595     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1437-z     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Untch BR, Olson JA Jr (2006) Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, thyroid lymphoma, and metastasis to thyroid. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 15:661-679 x (Pubitemid 44150592)
2. Kojic SL, Strugnell SS, Wiseman SM (2011) Anaplastic thyroid cancer: a comprehensive review of novel therapy. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 11:387-402
3. Hundahl SA, Fleming ID, Fremgen AM et al (1998) A National Cancer Database report on 53,856 cases of thyroid carcinoma treated in the U.S., 1985-1995. Cancer 83:2638-2648 (Pubitemid 29019586)
4. Kitamura Y, Shimizu K, Nagahama M et al (1999) Immediate causes of death in thyroid carcinoma: clinicopathological analysis of 161 fatal cases. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84:4043-4049 (Pubitemid 30644192)
5. Are C, Shaha AR (2006) Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: biology, pathogenesis, prognostic factors, and treatment approaches. Ann Surg Oncol 13:453-464
6. Kebebew E, Greenspan FS, Clark CH et al (2005) Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: treatment outcome and prognostic factors. Cancer 103:1330-1335 (Pubitemid 40410726)
7. Kim TY, Kim KW, Jung TS et al (2007) Prognostic factors for Korean patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Head Neck 29:765-772
8. Besic N, Hocevar M, Zgajnar J et al (2005) Prognostic factors in anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid: a multivariate survival analysis of 188 patients. Langenbecks Arch Surg 390:203-208 (Pubitemid 40884229)
9. Sugino K, Ito K, Mimura T et al (2002) The important role of operation in the management of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Surgery 131:245-248 (Pubitemid 34229776)
10. Sugitani I, Kasai N, Fujimoto Y et al (2001) Prognostic factors and therapeutic strategy for anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid. World J Surg 25:617-622 (Pubitemid 32441436)
11. Orita Y, Sugitani I, Amemiya T et al (2011) Prospective application of our prognostic index in the treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Surgery 150:1212-1219
12. Passler C, Scheuba C, Prager G et al (1999) Anaplastic (undifferentiated) thyroid carcinoma (ATC): a retrospective analysis. Langenbecks Arch Surg 384:284-293 (Pubitemid 29309073)
13. Pierie JP, Muzikansky A, Gaz RD et al (2002) The effect of surgery and radiotherapy on outcome of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 9:57-64 (Pubitemid 34262898)
14. Ito Y, Higashiyama T, Hirokawa M et al (2009) Investigation of the validity of UICC stage grouping of anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid. Asian J Surg 32:47-50
15. Haigh PI, Ituarte PH, Wu HS et al (2001) Completely resected anaplastic thyroid carcinoma combined with adjuvant chemotherapy and irradiation is associated with prolonged survival. Cancer 91:2335-2342 (Pubitemid 32552820)
16. Swaak-Kragten AT, de Wilt JH, Schmitz PI et al (2009) Multimodality treatment for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: treatment outcome in 75 patients. Radiother Oncol 92:100-104
17. Ito K, Hanamura T, Murayama K et al (2012) Multimodality therapeutic outcomes in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: improved survival in subgroups of patients with localized primary tumors. Head Neck 34:230-237
18. Chen J, Tward JD, Shrieve DC et al (2008) Surgery and radiotherapy improves survival in patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: analysis of the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results 1983-2002. Am J Clin Oncol 31:460-464
19. Tsutsui K (1995) Treatment for anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid. Jpn J Cancer Clin 41:137-144 (in Japanese)
20. Tanaka K, Sugitani I, Fujimoto Y (2011) A novel chemo-radiotherapy with low-dose daily cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil and doxorubicin for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: a preliminary report. Jpn J Clin Oncol 41:1074-1078
21. Higashiyama T, Ito Y, Hirokawa M et al (2010) Induction chemotherapy with weekly paclitaxel administration for anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid 20:7-14
22. Troch M, Koperek O, Scheuba C et al (2010) High efficacy of concomitant treatment of undifferentiated (anaplastic) thyroid cancer with radiation and docetaxel. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95:E54-E57
23. Kawada K, Kitagawa K, Kamei S et al (2010) The feasibility study of docetaxel in patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol 40:596-599
24. Higashiyama T, Ito Y, Hirokawa M et al (2010) Optimal surgical procedure for locally curative surgery in patients with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: importance of preoperative ultrasonography. Endocr J 57:763-769
25. Heron DE, Karimpour S, Grigsby PW (2002) Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: comparison of conventional radiotherapy and hyperfractionation chemoradiotherapy in two groups. Am J Clin Oncol 25:442-446 (Pubitemid 35154945)
26. Tennvall J, Lundell G, Wahlberg P et al (2002) Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: three protocols combining doxorubicin, hyperfractionated radiotherapy and surgery. Br J Cancer 86:1848-1853