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ReviewReviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders2024

Advances in the management of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: transforming a life-threatening condition into a potentially treatable disease.

Inés Califano, Anabella Smulever, Fernando Jerkovich, Fabian Pitoia

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Review in Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Inés CalifanoEndocrinology Division, Instituto de Oncología AH Roffo, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ines.m.califano@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7450-5832
Anabella SmuleverEndocrinology Division, Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas A. Lanari, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-6497-315X
Fernando JerkovichEndocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-1339-7145
Fabian PitoiaEndocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-2742-7085
Universidad de Buenos Aires · AR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is an infrequent thyroid tumor that usually occurs in elderly patients. There is often a history of previous differentiated thyroid cancer suggesting a biological progression. It is clinically characterized by a locally invasive cervical mass of rapid onset. Metastases are found at diagnosis in 50% of patients. Due to its adverse prognosis, a prompt diagnosis is crucial. In patients with unresectable or metastatic disease, multimodal therapy (chemotherapy and external beam radiotherapy) has yielded poor outcomes with 12-month overall survival of less than 20%. Recently, significant progress has been made in understanding the oncogenic pathways of ATC, leading to the identification of BRAF V600E mutations as the driver oncogene in nearly 40% of cases. The combination of the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib (D) and MEK inhibitor trametinib (T) showed outstanding response rates in BRAF-mutated ATC and is now considered the standard of care in this setting. Recently, it was shown that neoadjuvant use of DT followed by surgery achieved 24-month overall survival rates of 80%. Although these approaches have changed the management of ATC, effective therapies are still needed for patients with BRAF wild-type ATC, and high-quality evidence is lacking for most aspects of this neoplasia. Additionally, in real-world settings, timely access to multidisciplinary care, molecular testing, and targeted therapies continues to be a challenge. Health policies are warranted to ensure specialized treatment for ATC.The expanding knowledge of ATC´s molecular biology, in addition to the ongoing clinical trials provides hope for the development of further therapeutic options.

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Thyroid Carcinoma, AnaplasticThyroid NeoplasmsAgedHumansMutationProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafAnaplastic thyroid cancerBRAF MEK inhibitorDabrafenibTargeted therapy BRAF V600E mutationTrametinib

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PMID37648897
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