Dr. Brose on Lenvatinib in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
October 22nd 2015Marcia Brose, MD, PhD, associate professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses survival benefit and possible combination strategies with the lenvatinib in patients with radioactive iodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.
Dr. Aditi Kumar on Aggressive Multimodal Therapy in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
October 21st 2015Aditi Kumar, MD, endocrinology fellow at the University of Mississippi, discusses aggressive multimodal therapy in anaplastic thyroid cancer. A study conducted at the Mayo Clinic, where Kumar was previously a fellow, looked at 29 patients with stage IV, A, B and C anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare form of thyroid cancer with poor outcomes. Often, patients are not treated at this stage, as options are limited and toxicities from treatments can be high, says Kumar.
Dr. Umamaheswar Duvvuri on Impact of Multiple Genetic Mutations in Advanced Thyroid Cancer
October 20th 2015Umamaheswar Duvvuri, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology (ENT) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, talks about potential genetic signatures for locally advanced, well differentiated thyroid cancers.
Dr. Manisha Shah on Cabozantinib Impact on Tumor Shrinkage in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
October 20th 2015Manisha Shah, MD, Professor of Oncology at Ohio State University Medical Center, College of Medicine discusses cabozantinib in patients with radioiodine- refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.