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Differentiating Anaplastic thyroid cancer from other Diseases |
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Anaplastic thyroid cancer surgery On the Web |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Anaplastic thyroid cancer surgery |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Surgery
- Tracheostomy is frequently necessary. If the disease is confined to the local area, which is rare, total thyroidectomy is warranted to reduce symptoms caused by the tumor mass.[1]
References
- ↑ Thyroid Cancer Cancer.gov (2015). http://www.cancer.gov/types/thyroid/hp/thyroid-treatment-pdq#section/_6- Accessed on November, 19 2015