Accelerated Disease Progression after Discontinuation of Sorafenib in a Patient with Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Distant metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are rare and are associated with a poor prognosis. Here, we describe a patient with metastatic PTC who was treated with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI, sorafenib) for several months that was acutely exacerbated by discontinuation. A 43-year...

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Main Authors: Yun, Kyung-Jin, Kim, Woohyeon, Kim, Eun Hee, Kim, Min-Hee, Lim, Dong-Jun, Kang, Moo-Il, Cha, Bong-Yun
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Korean Endocrine Society 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192805/