Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) accounts for 1-2% of all malignant thyroid tumors. There are only a small number of patients with ATC and most of them die within 6 months after diagnosis, making it difficult to establish a standard treatment strategy. Although multimodal therapy, including radical surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, has been introduced, the survival rate remains poor. The use of molecular-targeted drugs for cancer therapy has become widely popular. Lenvatinib, a new molecular-targeted anticancer drug, is a multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). We report a rare case of a patient with ATC (T4N0M0) who responded extremely well to the administration of lenvatinib after radical surgery. Although ATC is one of the most fatal neoplasms, lenvatinib is a promising drug.
Keywords: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; Lenvatinib; Survival period.
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