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Table 2 Treatment modalities

From: Evaluation of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

 

No.

%)

Type of surgery

  

Lobectomy

4

(18.2)

Subtotal thyroidectomy

1

(4.5)

Total thyroidectomy

6

(27.3)

Debulking

3

(13.6)

Inoperable

8

(36.4)

Type of neck dissection (n = 6)

  

Central

3

(50.0)

Central and lateral

3

(50.0)

Type of therapy

  

Chemotherapy

2

(9.1)

Radiotherapy

1

(4.5)

Palliative Surgery*

4

(18.2)

  1. *Surgery: - supportive interventions such as tracheostomy were undertaken for three patients, and one patient had percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy as palliative therapy for those inoperable cases