Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: biology, pathogenesis, prognostic factors, and treatment approaches

C Are, AR Shaha - Annals of surgical oncology, 2006 - Springer
Background Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is one of the most aggressive solid tumors
known to affect humans and carries a dismal prognosis. Our primary aim was to review its …

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: behavior, biology, and therapeutic approaches

KB AIN - Thyroid, 1998 - liebertpub.com
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC), although exceedingly rare, is the most aggressive solid
tumor known. Early studies on the effects of different therapies may be biased by the …

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: a therapeutic challenge

KB Ain - Seminars in surgical oncology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is an extremely aggressive solid tumor that resists most
therapeutic efforts and is almost always fatal. It typically arises as a terminal dedifferentiation …

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma in a young woman: a rare case of survival

A Pichardo-Lowden, S Durvesh, S Douglas, W Todd… - Thyroid, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Background: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is rare but one of the most aggressive
human cancers. It carries a dismal prognosis with average survival of 6 months. It is …

Effect of β4 integrin knockdown by RNA interference in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

TW Noh, YH Soung, H Im Kim, HJ Gil, JM Kim… - Anticancer …, 2010 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background: Integrin α6β4 is a known tumor antigen; however, its function in different
subtypes of thyroid cancer is not known. This study reports that α6β4 expression is …

Unusual types of thyroid cancer

KB Ain - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2000 - Springer
Thyroid Cancer Research Laboratory, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Lexington, Kentucky 40511, and the Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine …

Rare forms of thyroid cancer

KB Ain - Thyroid Cancer, 1998 - Springer
The majority of thyroid carcinomas present rather well-defined clinical challenges and
therapeutic options. Rare forms of thyroid cancer are generally unfamiliar to clinicians and …

Molecular Pathology and Diagnostics of Thyroid and Parathyroid Malignancies

RE Shackelford, J Savell - Molecular Pathology and Diagnostics of Cancer, 2014 - Springer
Malignancies of the thyroid and parathyroid glands are rare oncologic entities that range in
clinical behavior from relatively indolent to extremely aggressive malignancies. Presently …

Carcinoma medular da tireóide associado a bócio nodular autônomo: relato de caso

JUM Calegaro, MSS Almeida, JR Spadeto… - Revista Brasileira de …, 1994 - rbc.inca.gov.br
Os autores relatam caso de paciente feminina com 55 anos, que mostrou carcinoma
medular da tireóide associado a bócio nodular autônomo compensado. Na evolução …

Thyroid Malignancies

KB Ain - Oncologic Therapies, 2003 - Springer
Most oncologists have little experience and training in evaluation and management of the
most common differentiated thyroid cancers. This is because such malignancies have …