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- Title
Genomically Driven Precision Medicine to Improve Outcomes in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
- Authors
Pinto, Nicole; Black, Morgan; Patel, Krupal; Yoo, John; Mymryk, Joe S.; Barrett, John W.; Nichols, Anthony C.
- Abstract
Thyroid cancer is an endocrine malignancy with an incidence rate that has been increasing steadily over the past 30 years. While well-differentiated subtypes have a favorable prognosis when treated with surgical resection and radioiodine, undifferentiated subtypes, such as anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), are far more aggressive and have a poor prognosis. Conventional therapies (surgical resection, radiation, chemotherapy, and radioiodine) have been utilized for treatment of ATC, yet these treatments have not significantly improved the overall mortality rate. As cancer is a genetic disease, genetic alterations such as mutations, fusions, activation of oncogenes, and silencing of tumor suppressors contribute to its aggressiveness. With the use of next-generation sequencing and the Cancer Genome Atlas, mutation-directed therapy is recognized as the upcoming standard of care. In this review, we highlight the known genetic landscape of ATC and the need for a comprehensive genetic characterization of this disease in order to identify additional therapeutic targets to improve patient outcomes.
- Subjects
ANAPLASTIC thyroid cancer; HEALTH outcome assessment; ENDOCRINE diseases; THERAPEUTIC use of iodine isotopes; SURGICAL excision; CANCER genes; CANCER treatment
- Publication
Journal of Oncology, 2014, p1
- ISSN
1687-8450
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2014/936285