Treatment and diagnostics anaplastic cancer in Phuket, Thailand

Anaplastic cancer is a rare and aggressive form of thyroid cancer that requires early diagnosis and therapy. Treatment of anaplastic cancer in Phuket means the advanced experience of the best oncologists and endocrinologists, progressive and safe therapeutic techniques, and bloodless, effective surgeries for resection of tumors and affected organs.

The treatment strategy is developed on the basis of the patient’s history and diagnostic results. Examinations include ultrasound, blood tests for TSH and calcitonin levels, MRI, PET, CT, radioisotope scintigraphy, and other procedures.

The following methods are used in treating anaplastic cancer in Phuket:

• local and extensive radiotherapy,
• radioactive iodine therapy,
• suppressive and replacement hormone therapy,
• single-agent and polychemotherapy,
• radical thyroidectomy under Da Vinci robotic control.

Anaplastic cancer is essentially stage IV of the oncological process, so action must be taken as quickly as possible. If the pathology is irreversible, palliative care is used to relieve symptoms and improve the patient’s quality of life.

Physicians in Phuket prefer to work as a team in order to achieve clear positive results and obtain remissions even in cases that seem “hopeless” at first glance. At discharge, patients and their relatives receive recommendations on preventing complications and recurrence of the disease.