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ea0056p1139 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2018

Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment outcome of stage IV-C thyroid differentiated cancer (analyzed by lesion evaluation)

Iwasaki Hiroyuki , Yamazaki Haruhiko , Suganuma Nobuyasu , Sugawara Yuko , Gotoh Naoki , Hatori Shinsuke , Nakayama Hirotaka , Masudo Katsuhiko

Introduction: The standard treatment for differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) with distant metastasis comprises complete total thyroidectomy and lymph node dissection, followed by radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation for metastatic lesions. However, between 2014 and 2015, sorafenib and lenvatinib have been approved for treatment of RAI-refractory advanced thyroid cancer in Japan. We retrospectively analyzed how the treatment results have changed after the approval of tyrosine k...