Endocrine Abstracts

The treatment with multi kinase inhibitors (MKI) under clinical trials due to advanced thyroid cancer (TC) may postpone moving on the patients with advanced disease to the palliative care stage. However, chronic and escalating somatic symptoms during the treatment may promote the appearance of depressive reactions. It can be expected that a cognitive image of the disease, as a collection of subjective beliefs concerning patient’s own illness and treatment, will be an impo...

The treatment with multi kinase inhibitors (MKI) under clinical trials due to advanced thyroid cancer (TC) may postpone moving on the patients with advanced disease to the palliative care stage. However, chronic and escalating somatic symptoms during the treatment may promote the appearance of depressive reactions. It can be expected that a cognitive image of the disease, as a collection of subjective beliefs concerning patient’s own illness and treatment, will be an impo...