Does papillary thyroid cancer with extensive squamous differentiation require specialized treatment beyond RAI and TSH suppression?
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Medical Oncology · Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Squamous differentiation associated with PTC represents an aggressive pathologic feature with poor long-term outcomes. I would consider this as a step towards dedifferentiation. This disease is not chemo sensitive unfortunately. Chemo can be considered for advanced disease that requires rapid treatm...