Anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid. [Latent effects of prior radiotherapy in head and neck]

Journal Article · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · N.Y. State J. Med.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5931376

Shimaoka, K; Getaz, E P; Rao, U

Radiation therapy to the head and neck areas has been shown to cause thyroid carcinoma many years later. Most thyroid cancer thus induced is well-differentiated carcinoma. Patients (316) with the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma were admitted to a cancer research institute during a 20-year period. A diagnosis of anaplastic carcinoma was confirmed in 41 patients (13 percent). There were 3 patients with a previous history of radiation therapy to the head and neck areas. A search of the literature yeilded 12 additional cases of anaplastic carcinoma associated with previous radiation exposure.

• Research Organization: Roswell Park Memorial Inst., Buffalo, NY
• OSTI ID: 5931376
• Journal Information: N.Y. State J. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: N.Y. State J. Med.; (United States) Vol. 79:6; ISSN NYSJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ADENOMAS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
BODY AREAS
CARCINOMAS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS
DISEASES
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
EVALUATED DATA
GLANDS
HEAD
HODGKINS DISEASE
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
ISOLATED VALUES
LOCAL IRRADIATION
LYMPHOMAS
MEDICINE
NECK
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANS
PATIENTS
PITUITARY GLAND
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RADIOINDUCTION
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SIDE EFFECTS
THERAPY
THYROID