Endocrinology

Thyroid Cancer

Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach a young patient with metastatic poorly differentiated thyroid cancer with rhabdoid/non-anaplastic features?

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Is dosimetry more important than preparation (ie rhTSH versus THW) when treating thyroid cancer with radioactive iodine therapy?

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What is the role of radiation therapy for an elderly patient with medullary thyroid cancer who is not a surgical candidate?

What techniques and doses would you prescribe to the primary and regional nodes?

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When would you offer post-operative concurrent chemoradiation in anaplastic thyroid cancer?

Would you consider it for a patient with good PS but with limited metastatic disease? What dose fractionation would you prefer?

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What is the next step in management of a thyroid nodule that was biopsied and classified as Bethesda III, but Afirma genetic testing reveals parathyroid signature?

Patient does not have hypercalcemia.

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When would you offer radiation for poorly differentiated thyroid cancer?

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How would you approach patient with metastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer with NGS revealing only ARID1A mutation?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Cancer discovery, 2015-07

ARID1A Deficiency Impairs the DNA Damage Checkpoint and Sensitizes Cells to PARP Inhibitors.

J Immunother Cancer,

alterations function as a biomarker for longer progression-free survival after anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy.

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