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(Secondary) solid tumors in thyroid cancer patients treated with the multi-kinase inhibitor sorafenib may present diagnostic challenges.
BMC cancer - 19 Jan 2016
Schneider Tatiana C, Kapiteijn Ellen, van Wezel Tom, Smit Jan W A, van der Hoeven Jacobus J M, Morreau Hans
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BACKGROUND: Sorafenib is an orally active multikinase tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that targets B-type Raf kinase (BRAF), vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR) 1 and 2, and rearranged during transfection (RET), inducing anti-angiogenic and pro-apoptotic actions in a wide range of solid tumors. A side effect of sorafenib is the occurrence of cutaneous squamous tumors. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we...
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