Strategies for Treatment of Thyroid Cancer

Curr Drug Targets. 2023;24(5):406-415. doi: 10.2174/1389450124666230222093308.

Abstract

More people are diagnosed with thyroid cancer than any other endocrine tumor. Differentiated thyroid cancer is often treated by removing the thyroid gland (thyroidectomy), iodizing radiation, or inhibiting thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). Advanced thyroid carcinomas are notoriously resistant to chemotherapy, thus the pursuit of alternative treatments is vital. The best methods for treating individuals with advanced nonmedullary and medullary thyroid carcinomas are discussed in this post. Numerous tyrosine kinase inhibitors and antiangiogenic inhibitors, two types of novel target therapy, have shown promise in studies for individuals with thyroid cancer. Both the positive and unfavourable outcomes of clinical studies of these drugs were addressed. The findings presented here are encouraging, but more study is required to establish whether or not this method is effective in the treatment of thyroid cancer.

Keywords: Thyroid cancer; ablation treatment; molecular therapy; novel target therapy; radioactive iodine; thyroidectomy.

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Thyroid Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Thyroidectomy