Multimodal treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma          HE Xia-yun. Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center;  Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Abstract    Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rare thyroid tumor with a very aggressive clinical course. Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) techniques might be beneficial to local control. Multimodal treatment of surgical resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have been studied. Further clinical trials are required to define optimal therapy.

Keywords    anaplastic thyroid carcinoma；radiotherapy；chemotherapy