Współczesna Onkologia

Radiation-associated sarcomatoid carcinoma of the larynx as a late complication of papillary thyroid cancer treatment

Paulina Kalman 1
,
Agnieszka Żyłka 1
,
Bartosz Spławski 2
,
Magdalena Kwapisz 1
,
Marek Dedecjus 1

  1. Department of Oncological Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

  2. Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2026; 30 (3)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2026.165346
Data publikacji online: 2026/10/01
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