Anaplastic thyroid cancer, tumorigenesis and therapy

James Paul O’Neill1, Derek G. Power2, Claire Condron3, David Bouchier‐Hayes3, Michael Walsh4
1The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital
2Department of Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
3The Department of Surgery, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
4The Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland

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