Research Article

Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: The Addition of Systemic Chemotherapy to Radiotherapy Led to an Observed Improvement in Survival—A Single Centre Experience and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Number of patients receiving each treatment modality and percentage dying from asphyxiation.

Treatment Number of patients Median survival (days) Range (days)Death from asphyxiation (%)
YesNoUnknown

None132n/a0 (0)1 (100)
Surgery33832–2381 (33.3)2 (66.7)
Radiotherapy658.542–2062 (33.3)3 (50)1 (16.7)
Chemotherapy313741–1751 (33.3)2 (66.7)
Surgery and radiotherapy417641–long-term survival (next highest 210)1 (25)2 (75)(1 patient alive)
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy322052–3503 (100)0 (0)