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years, many new drugs have been investigated for the treatment of progressive RAI-R TC. Currently, 2 multikinase inhibitors (MKI) have been approved for treatment by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), e
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Nova Medical School: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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developed for advanced thyroid carcinoma. Multikinase inhibitors have a non-negligible toxicity that may decrease the patient’s quality of life. Novel insights GEMOX (gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin) may have a role in patients with
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advanced/metastatic ( 1 ). According to European Medicines Agency (EMA) indications, two multikinase inhibitors (MKIs) (i.e. vandetanib and cabozantinib) and one highly selective RET inhibitor (i.e. selpercatinib) have been approved for the treatment of
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, interquartile range; MKI, multikinase inhibitors; TC, thyroid carcinoma. Sorafenib The group treated with sorafenib was represented by 74 patients, of which 40/74 (54.1%) were females and 34/74 (45.9%) were males. The mean age at the starting of
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, the diagnosis of a PSCC of the thyroid was established in the patient. Due to the limited known therapeutic options, we decided to advocate combined BRAF V600E/MEK targeting by multikinase inhibitors (MKI) dabrafenib and trametinib [ 13 ] as an
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of several multikinase inhibitors (MKIs) based on recent clinical trials showing their ability to limit disease progression [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ]. It is not known, however, whether the
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/Hematology 2005 56 365 – 378 . ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.critrevonc.2005.03.011 ) 9 Navarro-Gonzalez E . Use of multikinase inhibitors/lenvatinib concomitant with antiresorptive therapy for bone metastases from radioiodine-resistant differentiated thyroid
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Weight loss is one of the most frequent adverse events during treatment with multikinase inhibitors, but scanty data are available on its extent and characteristics. This is the first assessment of the body composition by bioelectrical impedance analysis and of circulating leptin and ghrelin levels, in patients with advanced thyroid cancer before and at regular intervals during treatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor lenvatinib. Body mass index (BMI) decreased in all patients, with an average ∆ reduction of –6.4, –9.8, and –15.3% at 3, 6, and 12 months of treatment, respectively. Interestingly, in most patients, after the first year of treatment, BMI remained stable. In all patients, fat mass (FM) reduced more than fat-free mass, the highest decrement being of –60 and –16%, respectively. A decrease in the body cell mass, a parameter mainly due to muscle tissue, was observed only in patients with a vast baseline muscular mass. Total body water decreased in parallel to BMI. During treatment, leptin tightly paralleled the decrease of BMI values, consistent with the decrease in FM, whereas ghrelin levels increased upon BMI decrease. The loss of the FM accounts for the largest portion of BMI reduction during lenvatinib treatment. The increase in ghrelin could account for the BMI stabilization observed after 1 year of treatment. Nevertheless, oral nutritional supplements should be given as early as possible and athletic patients should be encouraged to maintain physical activity. In some circumstances, parenteral nutrition is required for the rehabilitation of these patients.
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Introduction Multikinase inhibitors (MKIs) with strong anti-angiogenetic action are frequently used for the treatment of advanced radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RAI-R DTC) or medullary thyroid cancers (MTCs) ( 1 , 2
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part was formed as follows: (“tyrosine kinase inhibitors” OR” tyrosine kinase inhibitor” OR tki OR tkis OR “Multikinase inhibitors” OR “Multikinase inhibitor” OR “Protein Kinase Inhibitors” OR afatinib OR alectinib OR axitinib OR bosutinib OR