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Five-Year Survival 30 percent
Investigational
• As for localized cancer, clinical protocols are studying combinations of surgery and radiation therapy , as well as
radiation therapy alone for metastatic parathyroid cancer.
• A few patients with metastatic parathyroid cancer have been treated with chemotherapy combinations,
including the active agent dacarbazine (DTIC), as well as that agent combined with 5-fluorouracil and
cyclophosphamide . There are no current adjuvant treatment protocols for this tumor .