Journal of International Oncology››2014,Vol. 41››Issue (8): 582-585.doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2014.08.008

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Treatment strategy for medullary thyroid cancer

Bi Yalan, Meng Yunxiao, Cui Quancai

  1. Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
  • Received:2014-01-14Revised:2014-05-14Online:2014-08-15Published:2014-08-14
  • Contact:Cui Quancai E-mail:cuiqc@sina.com

Abstract:Medullary thyroid cancer is a kind of rare malignancy arising from unregulated replication of parafollicular C cells of the thyroid gland. Therapeutic approaches to patients with medullary thyroid cancer have their own features, which are different from those to patients with papillary thyroid cancer, the most common type of thyroid cancer. The targeted therapy using tyrosine kinase inhibitors has brought new hope for the management of aggressive medullary thyroid cancer in recent years.

Key words:Thyroid neoplasms,Surgical procedures,Radioisotopes,Radiotherapy,Molecular targeted therapy