Horm Metab Res 2020; 52(08): 562-577
DOI: 10.1055/a-1089-7870
Review

Updates on the Management of Thyroid Cancer

Katherine A. Araque
1   Endocrinology Department, Pacific Neuroscience Institute, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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2   Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska
2   Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
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Funding Information Intramural NIDDK funding ZIE DK 047053–12.
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Abstract

The diagnostic modalities, stratification tools, and treatment options for patients with thyroid cancer have rapidly evolved since the development of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines in 2015. This review compiles newer concepts in diagnosis, stratification tools and treatment options for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC). Newer developments apply precision medicine in thyroid cancer patients to avoid over-treatment in low risk disease and under-treatment in high risk disease. Among novel patient-tailored therapies are selective RET inhibitors that have shown efficacy in the treatment of MTC with limited systemic toxicity compared with non-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors. The combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors have revolutionized management of BRAF V600E mutant ATC. Several immunotherapeutic agents are being actively investigated in the treatment of all forms of thyroid cancer. In this review, we describe the recent advances in the diagnosis and management of DTC, MTC, and ATC, with an emphasis on novel treatment modalities.



Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 03. August 2019

Angenommen: 19. Dezember 2019

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
10. Februar 2020

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