Papillary thyroid cancer medical therapy
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2] Ammu Susheela, M.D. [3]
Overview
Treatment options for papillary thyroid cancer differes according to the stage and invasion of the tumor and include surgery, external beam radiation therapy ( EBRT), Thyroid suppression therapy, and targeted therapy.
Medical Therapy
- Treatment options for papillary thyroid cancer include:[1]
| Papillary thyroid cnacer treatment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Localized or regional tumor | Metastatic | Recurrent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Surgery Total thyroidectomy Lobectomy RAI therapy Thyroid suppression therapy EBRT | Surgery ± postoperative RAI therapy Targeted therapy EBRT Chemotherapy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iodine sensitive | Iodine resistent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RAI therapy Thyroid suppression therapy | Thyroid suppression therapy Targeted therapy Surgery EBRT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thyroid-suppression therapy
Targeted therapy
- This type of treatment is done using:
- Sorafenib, an Sorafenib is an orally active, multityrosine kinase inhibitor.
- Lenvatinib, an orally active, multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor.