Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín" University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hospital San Vicente Fundación-Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Thyroid. 2024 Jul;34(7):949-952. doi: 10.1089/thy.2024.0090. Epub 2024 Jun 3.
Surgical resection is not always achievable in thyroid cancer patients. Neoadjuvant therapy is rarely used, but recent trends favor multikinase inhibitors or selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors. These aim to reduce tumor volume, enabling previously unfeasible surgeries. Consecutive patients with locally advanced malignant thyroid tumors who received systemic therapies with a neoadjuvant intention were included in this retrospective multicenter case series conducted in five Latin American referral centers. Primary outcomes were pre- versus postneoadjuvant response evaluations using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, feasibility of surgery, and completeness of resection. Secondary outcomes were mortality and status at the last visit. Twenty-seven patients were included in this analysis. Patients with unresectable differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) or poorly differentiated thyroid cancer (PDTC) received sorafenib ( = 6) or lenvatinib ( = 12), those with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) were treated with vandetanib ( = 5) or selpercatinib ( = 1), and those with anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) harboring a mutation ( = 3) received dabrafenib and trametinib. The median patient age was 66 years (range 12-82), and 52% of the patients were female. In patients with PTC and PDTC, the median reduction in the diameter of the primary tumor was 25% (range 0-100%) after a median of 6 months of treatment. Surgical intervention was performed in 10 (55%) of the patients. Among these, six patients (60%) achieved R0/R1 resection status. Six patients with MTC had a median reduction in tumor diameter of 24.5% (range 1-49) after a median treatment time of 9.5 months. Only one patient receiving selpercatinib, with a tumoral reduction of 25% could undergo surgery, resulting in an R2 resection due to extensive mediastinal extension. Three patients with ATC showed a median tumor diameter reduction of 42% (range 6.7-50) after a median treatment time of 2 months. Two patients underwent surgical intervention and achieved R1 and R2 resection, respectively. While neoadjuvant therapy achieved tumoral responses, surgical resection was feasible in 55% of DTC, 33% of ATC, and 16% of MTC patients, with R0/R1 resection in 26% of the cohort, underscoring the need for patient selection and further research in this area.
手术切除在甲状腺癌患者中并非总是可行。新辅助治疗很少使用,但最近的趋势倾向于使用多激酶抑制剂或选择性酪氨酸激酶抑制剂。这些药物的目的是减少肿瘤体积,使以前无法进行的手术成为可能。
本回顾性多中心病例系列研究纳入了在 5 个拉丁美洲转诊中心接受新辅助治疗的局部晚期恶性甲状腺肿瘤连续患者。主要结局是使用实体瘤反应评估标准对新辅助治疗前后的反应进行评估,手术的可行性和切除的完整性。次要结局是死亡率和最后一次就诊时的状态。
本分析纳入了 27 例患者。接受不可切除的分化型甲状腺癌(DTC)或低分化甲状腺癌(PDTC)治疗的患者接受索拉非尼(=6)或仑伐替尼(=12)治疗,接受甲状腺髓样癌(MTC)治疗的患者接受凡德他尼(=5)或塞普替尼(=1)治疗,携带 突变的间变性甲状腺癌(ATC)患者接受达拉非尼和曲美替尼(=3)治疗。患者中位年龄为 66 岁(12-82 岁),52%为女性。在 PTC 和 PDTC 患者中,在中位 6 个月的治疗后,原发肿瘤直径中位数减少 25%(0-100%)。10 例(55%)患者进行了手术干预。其中 6 例(60%)患者达到 R0/R1 切除状态。6 例 MTC 患者的肿瘤直径中位数减少 24.5%(1-49%),中位治疗时间为 9.5 个月。仅 1 例接受塞普替尼治疗的患者肿瘤缩小 25%,可进行手术,但由于广泛的纵隔延伸,仅达到 R2 切除。3 例 ATC 患者的肿瘤直径中位数缩小 42%(6.7-50%),中位治疗时间为 2 个月。2 例患者进行了手术干预,分别达到 R1 和 R2 切除。
虽然新辅助治疗取得了肿瘤反应,但在 55%的 DTC、33%的 ATC 和 16%的 MTC 患者中实现了手术切除,26%的患者达到了 R0/R1 切除,这突出了在这一领域需要进行患者选择和进一步研究。