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ReviewExploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy2025

Multikinase and highly selective kinase inhibitors in the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with thyroid cancer.

Laura Valerio, Antonio Matrone

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Review in Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Laura ValerioDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, Unit of Endocrinology, Siena University Hospital, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7723-7020
Antonio MatroneDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology, Pisa University Hospital, 56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4263-4717

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multikinase inhibitors (MKIs) and highly selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors (HS-TKIs) positively impact the progression-free survival (PFS) of locally advanced and metastatic thyroid cancer cases. Moreover, disease-specific survival (DSS) and overall survival (OS) improvements were observed in some instances, suggesting a general benefit in disease control. In advanced and metastatic thyroid cancers, other conventional treatments are often ineffective when surgery cannot be performed due to the extension of the disease and/or the invasion of vital neck structures (such as the larynx, trachea, esophagus, recurrent laryngeal nerve, and carotid artery). In these cases, systemic treatments with MKIs and HS-TKIs have recently been evaluated for their potential to block tumor growth and reduce tumor size to make surgery possible or improve the control of metastatic disease. The study aimed to evaluate the performance of these systemic drugs in the neoadjuvant treatment of thyroid cancer patients, focusing on their efficacy according to the different histology.

Indexed as

neoadjuvant treatmenttargeted therapythyroid cancerTyrosine kinase inhibitorsunresectable thyroid cancer

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PMID40061140
PMCPMC11886382

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