Key result
External beam radiation therapy successfully reduced the metabolic activity of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastases in the right atrium and ventricle without causing pacemaker dysfunction.
Why the study?
Does external beam radiation therapy improve radiographic response in a patient with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the heart encasing pacemaker leads?
Case Report (n=1)
Does external beam radiation therapy improve radiographic response in a patient with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the heart encasing pacemaker leads?
External beam radiation therapy can successfully palliate cardiac metastases encasing pacemaker leads with limited toxicity and preservation of pacemaker function.
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May support palliative radiation near pacemakers in select cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Dasgupta et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the right cardiac atrium and ventricle (n=1). External beam radiation therapy (IMRT) was evaluated on Radiographic response. External beam radiation therapy successfully reduced the metabolic activity of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastases in the right atrium and ventricle without causing pacemaker dysfunction.
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