Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Case No.	Age, years/sex	Presenting symptom	Unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis	Thyroid function (TSH, µIU/mL/FT4, ng/mL)	De novo	Stage at diagnosis	ECOG PS	Previous treatment			Tracheotomy
								surgery	chemotherapy	radioactive iodine
1	58/M	dysphagia and neck mass	no	Euthyroid 3.17/1.57	yes	IVB	0	none	none	none	no
2	69/M	aggressive metastases	yes	Euthyroid (levothyroxine) 0.802/1.94	no (anaplastic change of PDC)	IVC	0	TTX	none	6 cycles	no
3	61/M	neck mass	yes	Euthyroid 0.79/1.43	yes	IVC	0	none	none	none	no
4	51/M	hoarseness	yes	Euthyroid 1.82/1.01	yes	IVC	0	none	none	none	no
5	50/M	hoarseness and pharyngeal pain	yes	Euthyroid 2.18/1.19	yes	IVC	0	none	C-mab + FP	none	yes

PDC, poorly differentiated thyroid cancer; TTX, total thyroidectomy; C-mab, cetuximab; FP, CDDP + 5FU.