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Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1775928
•Concept ID:
C5420498
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Neoplastic Process

Definition

Differentiated thyroid gland carcinoma that has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Best Practices Recommendations for Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry in Lung Cancer.
Yatabe Y, Dacic S, Borczuk AC, Warth A, Russell PA, Lantuejoul S, Beasley MB, Thunnissen E, Pelosi G, Rekhtman N, Bubendorf L, Mino-Kenudson M, Yoshida A, Geisinger KR, Noguchi M, Chirieac LR, Bolting J, Chung JH, Chou TY, Chen G, Poleri C, Lopez-Rios F, Papotti M, Sholl LM, Roden AC, Travis WD, Hirsch FR, Kerr KM, Tsao MS, Nicholson AG, Wistuba I, Moreira AL
J Thorac Oncol 2019 Mar;14(3):377-407. Epub 2018 Dec 18 doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.12.005. PMID: 30572031Free PMC Article
Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults.
Pynnonen MA, Gillespie MB, Roman B, Rosenfeld RM, Tunkel DE, Bontempo L, Brook I, Chick DA, Colandrea M, Finestone SA, Fowler JC, Griffith CC, Henson Z, Levine C, Mehta V, Salama A, Scharpf J, Shatzkes DR, Stern WB, Youngerman JS, Corrigan MD
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Sep;157(2_suppl):S1-S30. doi: 10.1177/0194599817722550. PMID: 28891406
2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, Doherty GM, Mandel SJ, Nikiforov YE, Pacini F, Randolph GW, Sawka AM, Schlumberger M, Schuff KG, Sherman SI, Sosa JA, Steward DL, Tuttle RM, Wartofsky L
Thyroid 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0020. PMID: 26462967Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Radioactive Iodine for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
Chan WWL, Kwong DLW
Methods Mol Biol 2022;2534:225-241. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2505-7_16. PMID: 35670979
Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Thyroid Neoplasms.
Baloch ZW, Asa SL, Barletta JA, Ghossein RA, Juhlin CC, Jung CK, LiVolsi VA, Papotti MG, Sobrinho-Simões M, Tallini G, Mete O
Endocr Pathol 2022 Mar;33(1):27-63. Epub 2022 Mar 14 doi: 10.1007/s12022-022-09707-3. PMID: 35288841
Small-Cell Malignancies of Thyroid: Challenge Solved?
Canberk S, Thodou E, Bongiovanni M
Acta Cytol 2022;66(4):307-318. Epub 2022 Jan 11 doi: 10.1159/000520876. PMID: 35016187
Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinomas.
Lechner MG, Praw SS, Angell TE
Surg Pathol Clin 2019 Dec;12(4):931-942. Epub 2019 Sep 27 doi: 10.1016/j.path.2019.08.003. PMID: 31672299
2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, Doherty GM, Mandel SJ, Nikiforov YE, Pacini F, Randolph GW, Sawka AM, Schlumberger M, Schuff KG, Sherman SI, Sosa JA, Steward DL, Tuttle RM, Wartofsky L
Thyroid 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0020. PMID: 26462967Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Thyroid Neoplasms.
Baloch ZW, Asa SL, Barletta JA, Ghossein RA, Juhlin CC, Jung CK, LiVolsi VA, Papotti MG, Sobrinho-Simões M, Tallini G, Mete O
Endocr Pathol 2022 Mar;33(1):27-63. Epub 2022 Mar 14 doi: 10.1007/s12022-022-09707-3. PMID: 35288841
Diagnosis and pathologic characteristics of medullary thyroid carcinoma-review of current guidelines.
Thomas CM, Asa SL, Ezzat S, Sawka AM, Goldstein D
Curr Oncol 2019 Oct;26(5):338-344. Epub 2019 Oct 1 doi: 10.3747/co.26.5539. PMID: 31708652Free PMC Article
Immunohistochemical Biomarkers in Thyroid Pathology.
Baloch Z, Mete O, Asa SL
Endocr Pathol 2018 Jun;29(2):91-112. doi: 10.1007/s12022-018-9532-9. PMID: 29744727
2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, Doherty GM, Mandel SJ, Nikiforov YE, Pacini F, Randolph GW, Sawka AM, Schlumberger M, Schuff KG, Sherman SI, Sosa JA, Steward DL, Tuttle RM, Wartofsky L
Thyroid 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0020. PMID: 26462967Free PMC Article
Revised American Thyroid Association management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer.
American Thyroid Association (ATA) Guidelines Taskforce on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Cooper DS, Doherty GM, Haugen BR, Kloos RT, Lee SL, Mandel SJ, Mazzaferri EL, McIver B, Pacini F, Schlumberger M, Sherman SI, Steward DL, Tuttle RM
Thyroid 2009 Nov;19(11):1167-214. doi: 10.1089/thy.2009.0110. PMID: 19860577

Therapy

Apatinib vs Placebo in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic, Radioactive Iodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The REALITY Randomized Clinical Trial.
Lin Y, Qin S, Li Z, Yang H, Fu W, Li S, Chen W, Gao Z, Miao W, Xu H, Zhang Q, Zhao X, Bao J, Li L, Ren Y, Lin C, Jing S, Ma Q, Liang J, Chen G, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Sang Y, Hou Z
JAMA Oncol 2022 Feb 1;8(2):242-250. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6268. PMID: 34913959Free PMC Article
Molecular mechanisms of radioactive iodine refractoriness in differentiated thyroid cancer: Impaired sodium iodide symporter (NIS) expression owing to altered signaling pathway activity and intracellular localization of NIS.
Oh JM, Ahn BC
Theranostics 2021;11(13):6251-6277. Epub 2021 Apr 15 doi: 10.7150/thno.57689. PMID: 33995657Free PMC Article
Combination of Lenvatinib and Pembrolizumab Is an Effective Treatment Option for Anaplastic and Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.
Dierks C, Seufert J, Aumann K, Ruf J, Klein C, Kiefer S, Rassner M, Boerries M, Zielke A, la Rosee P, Meyer PT, Kroiss M, Weißenberger C, Schumacher T, Metzger P, Weiss H, Smaxwil C, Laubner K, Duyster J, von Bubnoff N, Miething C, Thomusch O
Thyroid 2021 Jul;31(7):1076-1085. Epub 2021 Apr 15 doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0322. PMID: 33509020Free PMC Article
Targeting autophagy in thyroid cancers.
Wei W, Hardin H, Luo QY
Endocr Relat Cancer 2019 Apr 1;26(4):R181-R194. Epub 2019 Jan 1 doi: 10.1530/ERC-18-0502. PMID: 30667364
Revised American Thyroid Association management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer.
American Thyroid Association (ATA) Guidelines Taskforce on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Cooper DS, Doherty GM, Haugen BR, Kloos RT, Lee SL, Mandel SJ, Mazzaferri EL, McIver B, Pacini F, Schlumberger M, Sherman SI, Steward DL, Tuttle RM
Thyroid 2009 Nov;19(11):1167-214. doi: 10.1089/thy.2009.0110. PMID: 19860577

Prognosis

Molecular mechanisms of radioactive iodine refractoriness in differentiated thyroid cancer: Impaired sodium iodide symporter (NIS) expression owing to altered signaling pathway activity and intracellular localization of NIS.
Oh JM, Ahn BC
Theranostics 2021;11(13):6251-6277. Epub 2021 Apr 15 doi: 10.7150/thno.57689. PMID: 33995657Free PMC Article
Thyroid Cancer After Chernobyl: Re-Evaluation Needed.
Jargin S
Turk Patoloji Derg 2021;37(1):1-6. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2020.01489. PMID: 32525210Free PMC Article
Immunohistochemical Biomarkers in Thyroid Pathology.
Baloch Z, Mete O, Asa SL
Endocr Pathol 2018 Jun;29(2):91-112. doi: 10.1007/s12022-018-9532-9. PMID: 29744727
2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, Doherty GM, Mandel SJ, Nikiforov YE, Pacini F, Randolph GW, Sawka AM, Schlumberger M, Schuff KG, Sherman SI, Sosa JA, Steward DL, Tuttle RM, Wartofsky L
Thyroid 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0020. PMID: 26462967Free PMC Article
Revised American Thyroid Association management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer.
American Thyroid Association (ATA) Guidelines Taskforce on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Cooper DS, Doherty GM, Haugen BR, Kloos RT, Lee SL, Mandel SJ, Mazzaferri EL, McIver B, Pacini F, Schlumberger M, Sherman SI, Steward DL, Tuttle RM
Thyroid 2009 Nov;19(11):1167-214. doi: 10.1089/thy.2009.0110. PMID: 19860577

Clinical prediction guides

Combination of Lenvatinib and Pembrolizumab Is an Effective Treatment Option for Anaplastic and Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.
Dierks C, Seufert J, Aumann K, Ruf J, Klein C, Kiefer S, Rassner M, Boerries M, Zielke A, la Rosee P, Meyer PT, Kroiss M, Weißenberger C, Schumacher T, Metzger P, Weiss H, Smaxwil C, Laubner K, Duyster J, von Bubnoff N, Miething C, Thomusch O
Thyroid 2021 Jul;31(7):1076-1085. Epub 2021 Apr 15 doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0322. PMID: 33509020Free PMC Article
Applications of Immunohistochemistry to Endocrine Pathology.
Higgins SE, Barletta JA
Adv Anat Pathol 2018 Nov;25(6):413-429. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000209. PMID: 30157042
Immunohistochemical Biomarkers in Thyroid Pathology.
Baloch Z, Mete O, Asa SL
Endocr Pathol 2018 Jun;29(2):91-112. doi: 10.1007/s12022-018-9532-9. PMID: 29744727
2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, Doherty GM, Mandel SJ, Nikiforov YE, Pacini F, Randolph GW, Sawka AM, Schlumberger M, Schuff KG, Sherman SI, Sosa JA, Steward DL, Tuttle RM, Wartofsky L
Thyroid 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0020. PMID: 26462967Free PMC Article
Follicular thyroid carcinoma.
Sobrinho-Simões M, Eloy C, Magalhães J, Lobo C, Amaro T
Mod Pathol 2011 Apr;24 Suppl 2:S10-8. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2010.133. PMID: 21455197

Recent systematic reviews

Radioiodine Remnant Ablation for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
James DL, Ryan ÉJ, Davey MG, Quinn AJ, Heath DP, Garry SJ, Boland MR, Young O, Lowery AJ, Kerin MJ
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021 Jun 1;147(6):544-552. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.0288. PMID: 33792650Free PMC Article
Systematic review of site distribution of bone metastases in differentiated thyroid cancer.
Osorio M, Moubayed SP, Su H, Urken ML
Head Neck 2017 Apr;39(4):812-818. Epub 2017 Jan 11 doi: 10.1002/hed.24655. PMID: 28079945
Rare metastases of well-differentiated thyroid cancers: a systematic review.
Madani A, Jozaghi Y, Tabah R, How J, Mitmaker E
Ann Surg Oncol 2015 Feb;22(2):460-6. Epub 2014 Sep 6 doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-4058-y. PMID: 25192681
Sorafenib in metastatic thyroid cancer: a systematic review.
Thomas L, Lai SY, Dong W, Feng L, Dadu R, Regone RM, Cabanillas ME
Oncologist 2014 Mar;19(3):251-8. Epub 2014 Feb 21 doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0362. PMID: 24563075Free PMC Article
Lateral neck dissection for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma: a systematic review.
Madenci AL, Caragacianu D, Boeckmann JO, Stack BC Jr, Shin JJ
Laryngoscope 2014 Jul;124(7):1724-34. Epub 2014 Feb 10 doi: 10.1002/lary.24583. PMID: 24390830

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