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Thyroid Cancer Treatment (PDQ®) - Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

Treatment may be one of the following:

Surgery to create an opening in the windpipe, for tumors that block the airway. This is called a tracheostomy.
Total thyroidectomy to reduce symptoms if the tumor is in the area of the thyroid only.
External-beam radiation therapy.
Chemotherapy.
Clinical trials of chemotherapy and radiation therapy following thyroidectomy.
Clinical trials studying new methods of treatment of thyroid cancer.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer.

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Last Updated: September 20, 2007

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