Old and new insights in the treatment of thyroid carcinoma.
Thyroid cancer is the endocrine tumor that bears the highest incidence with 33 550 new cases per year. It bears an excellent prognosis with a mortality of 1530 patients per year (Jemal et al.; 2007). We have been treating patients with thyroid carcinoma during many years without many innovations. Recently, we have assisted to the development of new agents for the treatment of this disease with unexpected good results. Here we present a review with the old and new methods for the treatment of this disease.
Departament d'Oncologia Mèdica, Hospital de Dénia, Marina Salud, Partida de Beniadlà s/n, Dénia, Alacant, Spain.
Joan Manel
JM
Gasent Blesa
Enrique
E
Grande Pulido
Mariano
M
Provencio Pulla
Vicente
V
Alberola Candel
Juan Bautista
JB
Laforga Canales
Miguel
M
Grimalt Arrom
Patricia
P
Martin Rico