ea0056p1176 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2018
Uriarte Nerea Utrilla
, Fernandez Pedro Gonzalez
, Figueruelo Alba Esteban
, Herrero Marina Nevares
, Sandi Javier Santamaria
Introduction and objectives: The strategies for therapy of metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) are limited. Although Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) seem to be the first-line treatment, we want to explore other possibilities. Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) is a guanethidine derivative, structurally similar to norepinephrine. It was developed as an imaging agent with 123I radiolabeling. MIBG localizes neuroendocrine tumors including MTC. We are investigatin...