1. Palliative Radiation in Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Thyroid: A Rare Case Report
- Author
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Ashwani Sood, Tapesh Bhattacharyya, Sushmita Ghoshal, and Ruchita Tyagi
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Gynaecological Malignancy ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Case Report ,Evidence hierarchy ,Squamous cell carcinoma ,Rare case ,Neoplasm ,Journal analysis ,Cancer ,Thyroid ,Evidence-based palliative care ,lcsh:R5-920 ,Depression ,Health Policy ,Radioresistance ,Cardiovascular disease ,Chronic disease model ,Non-compliance ,HRQOL ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Induction chemotherapy ,Data collection ,Risk factor surveillance ,Pain perception ,Evidence analysis ,Radiology ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,Hemodialysis patients ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychiatric morbidity ,India ,Pain ,Malignancy ,Stress ,Psychosocial stress ,Hybrid regimen ,FACT-G ,SF-36 ,medicine ,Chronic renal failure ,Basal cell ,Radical surgery ,World Health Organization STEPwise approach ,Radiotherapy ,business.industry ,Emergency department ,General surgery ,Yoga ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Functional status ,Pranayam ,medicine.disease ,Socio-demographic factors ,Radiation therapy ,Treatment ,Levels of evidence ,Sudarshan kriya ,Palliative radiation ,Cervical cancer ,Demographic profile ,business ,Disease reporting - Abstract
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid is an extremely rare neoplasm with aggressive behavior. Until date, only around 60 cases have been reported in the literature. Primary treatment of the patient is radical surgery. With optimum treatment survival is not more than 6 months in this aggressive malignancy. However in our patient surgery it was not possible because of unresectability of the mass due to encroachment of major vessels. Hence, we have delivered radiotherapy alone, with which effective palliation could be achieved and patient is leading a good quality-of-life for last 1 year.
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- 2013