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External-Beam Radiation for Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Is There a Role?

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A case of a 72-year-old woman with local advanced differentiated thyroid cancer with esophageal and tracheal involvement is presented. She is treated by surgical resection and postoperative treatment. The rationale to give additional treatment with external beam radiation (EBRT) is discussed along with the evidence to support its use. A brief description of her subsequent EBRT and outcome is given.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jelena Lukovic & James D. Brierley

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    Jelena Lukovic & James D. Brierley

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

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  2. Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Wen T. Shen

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Julie Ann Sosa

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Lukovic, J., Brierley, J.D. (2023). External-Beam Radiation for Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Is There a Role?. In: Roman, S.A., Shen, W.T., Sosa, J.A. (eds) Controversies in Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37135-6_18

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