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ArticleJournal of the Endocrine Society2023

Significance of Thyroglobulin Autoantibodies in Patients With Thyroid Cancer Treated With Lenvatinib.

Daniele Sgrò, Piercarlo Rossi, Paolo Piaggi, Alessandro Brancatella, Loredana Lorusso, Valeria Bottici, Eleonora Molinaro, Francesco Latrofa, Rossella Elisei, Laura Agate

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Article in Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniele SgròEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.
Piercarlo RossiRadiology, Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.
Paolo PiaggiDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.
Alessandro BrancatellaEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.
Loredana LorussoEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.
Valeria BotticiEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.
Eleonora MolinaroEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.
Francesco LatrofaEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-5904
Rossella EliseiEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5333-9257
Laura AgateEndocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy.
University of Pisa · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Context: Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) is a highly sensitive and specific tumor marker, employed in post-operative management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinomas. Tumor shrinkage of radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer (RAIR-DTC) treated with multitarget kinase inhibitors as lenvatinib, expressed according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), is also associated with a drastic reduction of Tg levels. However, interference caused by circulating thyroglobulin autoantibodies (TgAb) represents the main limitation in the clinical use of Tg. Objective: To evaluate if in RAIR-DTC TgAb could be considered a surrogate marker of Tg in monitoring response to treatment with lenvatinib. Design: We retrospectively evaluated patients who had started lenvatinib and correlated serum Tg and TgAb with the radiological response across visits. Setting: University of Pisa, Italy. Patients: We selected 9/97 RAIR-DTC patients with detectable TgAb. Intervention: None. Main Outcome Measures: None. Results: Tg values correlated neither with TgAb title nor with radiological response across visits. Greater decreases in TgAb titer correlated with favorable radiological response to lenvatinib after 1 month (Spearman's correlation = 0.74, Conclusion: TgAb evaluation may represent a reliable surrogate marker for Tg trend in evaluating response of RAIR-DTC to treatment with lenvatinib. A multicentric study would be useful to confirm our results.

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differentiated thyroid carcinomalenvatinibradioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancerthyroglobulin autoantibodies

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PMID37440964
PMCPMC10334479
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