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Cabozantinib in Progressive Medullary Thyroid Cancer [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Oncology, 2013
Purpose Cabozantinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of hepatocyte growth factor receptor (MET), vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, and rearranged during transfection (RET), demonstrated clinical activity in patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in phase I.
ELISEI, ROSSELLA   +18 more
openaire   +6 more sources

External radiotherapy of thyroid cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Differentiated thyroid cancer comprises papillary, mixed papillary-follicular and follicular adenocarcinomas. They are mostly hormone-sensitive and respond to thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression. The standard treatment is total thyroidectomy. I-
Pollinger, B., Dühmke, Eckhart
core   +1 more source

Breast metastasis from medullary thyroid carcinoma: a report of a case

open access: yesSurgical Case Reports, 2021
Background Metastasis to the breast is rare. We herein report a patient with metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma to the breast for whom measuring the calcitonin level was an important clue to the correct diagnosis.
Yoko Omi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of calcitonin in the preoperative stage as the predictor of medullary thyroid cancer metastases

open access: yesUkrainian Scientific Medical Youth Journal, 2021
the aim of the stydy was to analyze the detectability of medullary thyroid metastases in patients at treatment and diagnostic stages, to investigate the applicability of serum calcitonin level as predictor of possible presence of medullary thyroid ...
Volodymyr Palamarchuk   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complications after medullary thyroid carcinoma surgery: multicentre study of the SQRTPA and EUROCRINE® databases

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This study investigated postoperative complications after surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in Europe. Hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and bleeding requiring reoperation occurred in 170 (26·2 per cent), 62 (13·7 per cent) and 17 (2·6 per cent) patients respectively.
D.‐J. van Beek   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient‐Reported Outcomes with Selpercatinib Treatment Among Patients with RET‐Mutant Medullary Thyroid Cancer in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO‐001 Trial

open access: yesThe Oncologist, EarlyView., 2021
Abstract Background Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) standard of care includes multikinase inhibitors (MKIs), which can exacerbate disease‐related diarrhea, primarily because of non‐RET kinase inhibition. We report diarrhea and other patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) with selpercatinib, a highly selective RET inhibitor, among patients with RET‐mutant MTC ...
Lori J. Wirth   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medullary Thyroid Cancer

open access: yesSurgical Oncology Clinics of North America, 2006
The goal in managing patients who have MTC is to detect and surgically remove disease at an early stage. Tumor marker-based biochemical screening and DNA-based genetic screening have created the opportunity for effective prophylactic surgery in patients at risk for hereditary MTC.
Y Nancy, You   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Report of Two Cases and a Brief Literature Review

open access: yesEndocrinology Research and Practice, 2013
Coexistence of medullary thyroid carcinoma and primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is well described, however, the association of non-medullary thyroid cancer and PHPT is less recognized.
Mehmet Aşık   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Educational Case: Endocrine Neoplasm

open access: yesAcademic Pathology, 2018
Medullary thyroid cancer is a rare neuroendocrine tumor that arises the neural crest-derived parafollicular C cells and accounts for approximately 5% to 10% of thyroid cancers worldwide.
Sheila Segura MD   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Case of Mixed Medullary and Follicular Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A medullary thyroid carcinoma is a malignant tumor derived from the C-cells of the thyroid. Despite their distinct embryological origin, medullary thyroid carcinomas are exceptionally accompanied by a tumor derived from the follicular cells; this is ...
Ai Haraguchi   +17 more
core   +1 more source

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