ea0026p455 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2011
Verbeek H H G
, Alves M M
, deGroot J W B
, Osinga J
, Plukker J T M
, Links T P
, Hofstra R M W
Introduction: Medullary and papillary thyroid carcinoma (MTC and PTC) are two types of thyroid cancer that can originate from activating mutations or rearrangements in the RET gene. Therapeutic options are limited in recurrent disease but since RET is a tyrosine kinase (TK) receptor involved in cellular growth and proliferation, treatment with a TK-inhibitor might be promising. Several TK-inhibitors have been tested in clinical trials, but it is unknown which inhibitor is most...