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Complete response to larotrectinib treatment in a patient with papillary thyroid cancer harboring an ETV6-NTRK3 gene fusion.

Fabián Pitoia
Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Larotrectinib, a highly selective TRK inhibitor, was administered to a patient with rapidly progressing radioactive iodine-refractory papillary NTRK3 fusion-positive thyroid cancer. The patient achieved a durable (sustained for 11 months) complete response after 2 months of treatment and complete intracranial responses in metastatic brain lesions after 7 months of treatment. Larotrectinib may provide a therapeutic route for patients with RAI-R-differentiated thyroid cancer who might otherwise have few treatment options.
Keyphrases
  • case report
  • combination therapy
  • gene expression
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • genome wide
  • white matter
  • brain injury
  • functional connectivity