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Poorly Differentiated and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Insights into Genomics, Microenvironment and New Drugs.

Alessandro PreteAntonio MatroneCarla GambaleLiborio TorregrossaElisa MinaldiCristina RomeiRaffaele CiampiEleonora MolinaroRossella Elisei
Published in: Cancers (2021)
PDTC and ATC present median overall survival of 6 years and 6 months, respectively. In spite of their rarity, patients with PDTC and ATC represent a significant clinical problem, because of their poor survival and the substantial inefficacy of classical therapies. We reviewed the newest findings about genetic features of PDTC and ATC, from mutations occurring in DNA to alterations in RNA. Therefore, we describe their tumor microenvironments (both immune and not-immune) and the interactions between tumor and neighboring cells. Finally, we recapitulate how this upcoming evidence are changing the treatment of PDTC and ATC.
Keyphrases
  • induced apoptosis
  • stem cells
  • cell cycle arrest
  • genome wide
  • circulating tumor
  • nucleic acid
  • cell free
  • oxidative stress
  • gene expression
  • dna methylation
  • copy number
  • combination therapy
  • replacement therapy