Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a highly aggressive endocrine tumor formed of undifferentiated follicular thyroid cells. ATC accounts for only 1-4% of all thyroid cancers. The therapeutic approach is typically multimodal, combining surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. However, ATC is often resistant to treatment. Hence, the reported median overall survival of ATC patients is ~3 months, with nearly 100% disease-specific mortality.Case: A ...