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A case of advanced medullary thyroid carcinoma successfully treated with sunitinib.

The oncologist - 1 Nov 2009

Bugalho Maria João, Domingues Rita, Borges Alexandra

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CONTEXT: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumor arising from "C" cells of the thyroid; it is a RET associated cancer that can be sporadic or familial in origin. Advances in understanding the genetic changes associated with the development of MTC explain the growing interest in the therapeutic potential of tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Sunitinib is an orally administered multikinase inhibitor...

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PMID: 19887470
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2009-0195

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