病例报告:偏远农村地区远离肿瘤专科服务的老年碘难治性分化型甲状腺癌转移患者的管理。
Case Report: Management of an Elderly Patient With Metastatic Radioiodine-Resistant Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in a Rural Community, Remote From Specialist Oncology Services.
机构信息
Prince's Street Practice, Thurso, United Kingdom.
Cancer Nursing Service, Caithness General Hospital, Wick, United Kingdom.
出版信息
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Feb 1;11:581014. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.581014. eCollection 2020.
This case report describes an elderly patient with radioiodine-resistant differentiated thyroid cancer and additional multiple metastases living in a rural setting, remote from the specialist oncology service. This case is of interest because effective systemic therapies for treatment-resistant cancers, such as lenvatinib, are now available but can potentially cause significant toxicities that require extensive medical management. Here, we discuss how patient care was provided collaboratively by the local community teams integrated with remote specialist oncology services. A 77-year-old patient presented with symptoms of cauda equina secondary to a large metastatic sacral deposit. The deposit was biopsied, and histology revealed a diagnosis of differentiated follicular thyroid cancer that was treated with external beam radiotherapy and thyroidectomy, followed by radioiodine. However, the disease was found to be resistant to radioiodine therapy, and the patient subsequently developed back pain due to new bone metastases. After further palliative external beam radiotherapy, the patient was started on systemic treatment with lenvatinib. Treatment has continued for more than 2.5 years with a slow but steady improvement in symptoms and quality of life. Monitoring and assessment of lenvatinib therapy and management of associated toxicities was coordinated remotely from a specialist cancer center over 200 miles away, using the skills of the local medical and nursing teams. This case report demonstrates how a cooperative effort using local teams and video-conferencing links to a specialist cancer center can be applied to safely treat a patient with a medication that may result in significant potential toxicities that require attentive and dynamic management.
本病例报告描述了一位老年患者,患有放射性碘难治性分化型甲状腺癌,并有多处转移灶,生活在远离肿瘤专科服务的农村地区。本病例之所以具有相关性,是因为针对治疗抵抗性癌症(如仑伐替尼),目前已经有有效的全身治疗药物,但这些药物可能会导致严重的毒性,需要进行广泛的医疗管理。在此,我们讨论了如何通过整合当地社区团队与远程肿瘤专科服务,共同为患者提供护理。一位 77 岁的患者因马尾综合征的大骶骨转移灶而出现症状。对该病灶进行了活检,组织学显示为分化型滤泡性甲状腺癌,接受了外照射放疗和甲状腺切除术,随后进行了放射性碘治疗。然而,该疾病被发现对放射性碘治疗有抵抗性,随后患者因新的骨转移灶出现背痛。在进一步进行姑息性外照射放疗后,患者开始接受仑伐替尼的全身治疗。治疗已持续超过 2.5 年,症状和生活质量逐渐缓慢改善。对仑伐替尼治疗的监测、评估以及相关毒性的管理,是通过 200 多英里外的肿瘤专科中心的远程视频会议,利用当地医疗和护理团队的技能进行协调的。本病例报告证明了如何通过利用当地团队和视频会议链接到肿瘤专科中心的合作努力,安全地治疗使用可能导致严重毒性的药物的患者,这些毒性需要进行细心和动态的管理。