Transcription of American Thyroid Association Guidelines for …
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Thyroid CANCER AND NODULESA merican Thyroid Association Guidelinesfor Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid CancerRobert C. Smallridge,1,*Kenneth B. Ain,2,3 Sylvia L. Asa,4,5 Keith C. Bible,6 James D. Brierley,4,5 Kenneth D. Burman,7 Electron Kebebew,8 Nancy Y. Lee,9 Yuri E. Nikiforov,10M. Sara Rosenthal,11 Manisha H. Shah,12 Ashok R. Shaha,9and R. Michael Tuttle9for the American Thyroid Association Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Guidelines TaskforceBackground:Anaplastic Thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare but highly lethal form of Thyroid cancer. Rapid evaluationand establishment of treatment goals are imperative for optimum patient management and require a multi-disciplinary team approach. Here we present Guidelines for the management of ATC. The development of theseguidelines was supported by the American Thyroid Association (ATA), which requested the authors, membersthe ATA Taskforce for ATC, to independently develop Guidelines for :Relevant literature was reviewed, including serial PubMed searches supplemented with additionalarticles.
the most deadly of thyroid-derived tumors, fortunately ac-counts for but a small percentage. In the United States, ATC is responsible for 1.7% of all thyroid …
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