Targeted therapy: a new hope for thyroid carcinomas

Thyroid carcinomas are rare and heterogeneous diseases representing less than 1% of all malignancies. The majority of thyroid carcinomas are differentiated entities (papillary and folliculary carcinomas) and are characterized by good prognosis and good response to surgery and radioiodine therapy. Nevertheless, about 10% of differentiated carcinomas recur and become resistant to all therapies. Anaplastic and medullary cancers are rare subtypes of thyroid cancer not suitable for radioiodine therapy. A small percentage of differentiated and all the anaplastic and medullary thyroid carcinomas often recur after primary treatments and are no longer suitable for other therapies. In the last years, several advances have been made in the field of molecular biology and tumorigenesis mechanisms of thyroid carcinomas. Starting from these issues, the targeted therapy may be employed as a new option. The MAP-Kinase pathway has been found often dysregulated in thyroid carcinomas and several upstream signals have been recognized as responsible for this feature. RET/PTC mutations are often discovered both in papillary and in medullary carcinomas, while B-RAF mutation is typical of papillary and anaplastic histologies. Also mTOR disruptions and VEGFR pathway disruption are common features in all advanced thyroid cancers. Some angiogenesis inhibitors and a number of RET/PTC pathway blocking agents are yet present in the clinical armamentarium. Vandetanib, cabozatinib and sorafenib have reached clinical use. A number of other biological compounds have been tested in phase II and III trials. Understanding the biology of thyroid cancers may help us to design a well shaped targeted therapy..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

Critical reviews in oncology, hematology - 94(2015), 1, Seite 55-63

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Perri, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Pezzullo, Luciano [Sonstige Person]
Chiofalo, Maria Grazia [Sonstige Person]
Lastoria, Secondo [Sonstige Person]
Di Gennaro, Francesca [Sonstige Person]
Scarpati, Giuseppina Della Vittoria [Sonstige Person]
Caponigro, Francesco [Sonstige Person]

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Themen:

Angiogenesis Inhibitors - pharmacology
Angiogenesis Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacology
Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use
Carcinoma - genetics
Carcinoma - metabolism
Carcinoma - pathology
Carcinoma - therapy
Protein Kinase Inhibitors - pharmacology
Protein Kinase Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf - genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf - metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret - antagonists & inhibitors
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret - genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret - metabolism
Signal Transduction - drug effects
Thyroid Neoplasms - genetics
Thyroid Neoplasms - metabolism
Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology
Thyroid Neoplasms - therapy

doi:

10.1016/j.critrevonc.2014.10.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1956866337