Nasogastric administration of lenvatinib solution in a mechanically ventilated patient with rapidly growing anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Fumiaki KawanoTadato YonekawaHideki YamaguchiNobuhiro ShibataKousei TashiroMakoto IkenoueShun MunakataKazuhiro HiguchiHiroyuki TanakaYuichiro SatoAyumu HosokawaShinsuke TakenoKunihide NakamuraAtsushi NanashimaPublished in: Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism case reports (2020)
An anaplastic thyroid cancer patient under mechanical ventilator management was treated with lenvatinib via a nasogastric tube. The lenvatinib solution can easily be prepared and administered via a nasogastric tube. The lenvatinib solution was effective for a patient with difficulty in oral intake. Lenvatinib could also improve the prognosis of an anaplastic thyroid cancer patient with severe airway and esophageal trouble.