Exploratory analysis of prognostic factors for lenvatinib in radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.
Chiaki SuzukiNaomi KiyotaYoshinori ImamuraHideaki GotoHirotaka SutoNaoko ChayaharaMasanori ToyodaYasuhiro ItoAkihiro MiyaAkira MiyauchiNaoki OtsukiKen-Ichi NibuHironobu MinamiPublished in: Head & neck (2019)
Patients with RR-DTC with a high tumor burden and tumor-related symptoms had significantly worse prognosis. Greater tumor reduction after starting lenvatinib may lead to better prognosis, irrespective of pretreatment high tumor growth rate.