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DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302009000900002
Thyroid cancer incidence has significantly increased in the last three decades and many patients seek medical attention for its treatment every year. Among follicular cell-derived tumors, the majority are differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC), whose prognosis is very good with only 15% of the cases presenting disease persistence or recurrence after initial treatment. Medullary thyroid carcinoma has a worse prognosis, especially in patients with diffused cancers at the time of initial surgery. Traditional treatment options for persistent or recurrent disease include […]
Keywords: cytotoxic chemotherapy; external beam radiation therapy; radioiodine therapy; targeted therapies; Thyroid carcinoma; tyrosine kinase inhibitors