Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42346272›Full record

ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2026

Next-Generation Sequencing in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Patients Treated with Lenvatinib: Results and Challenges in Real-Life Practice.

Matteo Ferrari, Alice Nervo, Francesca Maletta, Sara Mariani, Elisa Vaccaro, Alessandro Piovesan, Emanuela Arvat

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Matteo FerrariOncological Endocrinology Unit, Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Hospital, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Via Genova 3, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Alice NervoOncological Endocrinology Unit, Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Hospital, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Via Genova 3, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Francesca MalettaPathology Unit, Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Sara MarianiPathology Unit, Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Elisa VaccaroOncological Endocrinology Unit, Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Hospital, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Via Genova 3, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Alessandro PiovesanEndocrine and Metabolic Diseases Unit, Cardinal Massaia Hospital, 14100 Asti, Italy.
Emanuela ArvatOncological Endocrinology Unit, Città Della Salute E Della Scienza Hospital, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Via Genova 3, 10126 Turin, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOur objectives were to describe molecular profiling in a real-life cohort of patients with radioiodine-resistant (RAI-R) differentiated or poorly differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC or PDTC) treated with lenvatinib and to focus on factors potentially influencing the quality of tissue samples for molecular analysis, including the impact of storage time, defined as the interval between tissue collection and molecular testing.

designWe retrospectively included all lenvatinib-treated RAI-R DTC or PDTC patients tested with DNA- and/or RNA-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) in our center, also analyzing the results of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for RET fusions if the sample did not satisfy quality criteria for RNA-based NGS analysis. We investigated differences in terms of histotype, biopsy site, or storage time between adequate and inadequate samples for RNA-based NGS.

resultsAt least one gene alteration was detected in 50% of the cohort (18 out of 36 patients); RAS and BRAF were the most frequent mutations, while gene fusions accounted for 5.6% of cases. Tissue samples were more frequently adequate for DNA-based NGS compared to RNA-NGS analysis (93.9% vs. 58.3%,

conclusionsAdvanced RAI-R TC candidates for systemic therapy often harbor gene alterations. An adequate result was less frequently achieved in cases of RNA-based NGS than in DNA-based NGS, especially if the interval between tissue collection and molecular analysis was longer; nevertheless, the limited cohort size precludes definitive conclusions.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingPhenylurea CompoundsQuinolinesThyroid NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationRetrospective StudiesAntineoplastic AgentslenvatinibPhenylurea CompoundsQuinolinesmolecular profilingnext-generation sequencingtargeted therapythyroid carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID42346272
PMCPMC13298449

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.