Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) carries an extremely poor prognosis. The reported median survival time is 3-9 months and one year survival rate is 18-20%. Here we report 4 cases of ATC.Case reports: Case 1: An 82 year-old female presented with rapidly progressive anterior neck swelling. She underwent hemi-thyroidectomy and D1 dissection. Pathological diagnosis was ATC, T4aN0. External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to the whole neck was admini...