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Advanced Thyroid Gland Anaplastic Carcinoma

MedGen UID:
1750004
•Concept ID:
C5420153
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

Thyroid gland anaplastic carcinoma that has spread extensively to other anatomic sites or is no longer responding to treatment. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAdvanced Thyroid Gland Anaplastic Carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

2021 American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
Bible KC, Kebebew E, Brierley J, Brito JP, Cabanillas ME, Clark TJ Jr, Di Cristofano A, Foote R, Giordano T, Kasperbauer J, Newbold K, Nikiforov YE, Randolph G, Rosenthal MS, Sawka AM, Shah M, Shaha A, Smallridge R, Wong-Clark CK
Thyroid 2021 Mar;31(3):337-386. doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0944. PMID: 33728999Free PMC Article
Novel, emerging and provisional renal entities: The Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS) update on renal neoplasia.
Trpkov K, Williamson SR, Gill AJ, Adeniran AJ, Agaimy A, Alaghehbandan R, Amin MB, Argani P, Chen YB, Cheng L, Epstein JI, Cheville JC, Comperat E, da Cunha IW, Gordetsky JB, Gupta S, He H, Hirsch MS, Humphrey PA, Kapur P, Kojima F, Lopez JI, Maclean F, Magi-Galluzzi C, McKenney JK, Mehra R, Menon S, Netto GJ, Przybycin CG, Rao P, Rao Q, Reuter VE, Saleeb RM, Shah RB, Smith SC, Tickoo S, Tretiakova MS, True L, Verkarre V, Wobker SE, Zhou M, Hes O
Mod Pathol 2021 Jun;34(6):1167-1184. Epub 2021 Feb 1 doi: 10.1038/s41379-021-00737-6. PMID: 33526874
Updates on the Management of Thyroid Cancer.
Araque KA, Gubbi S, Klubo-Gwiezdzinska J
Horm Metab Res 2020 Aug;52(8):562-577. Epub 2020 Feb 10 doi: 10.1055/a-1089-7870. PMID: 32040962Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Thyroid Cancer: A Review.
Boucai L, Zafereo M, Cabanillas ME
JAMA 2024 Feb 6;331(5):425-435. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.26348. PMID: 38319329
Molecular targets of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in thyroid cancer.
Fallahi P, Ferrari SM, Galdiero MR, Varricchi G, Elia G, Ragusa F, Paparo SR, Benvenga S, Antonelli A
Semin Cancer Biol 2022 Feb;79:180-196. Epub 2020 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.11.013. PMID: 33249201
PD-1 Blockade in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.
Capdevila J, Wirth LJ, Ernst T, Ponce Aix S, Lin CC, Ramlau R, Butler MO, Delord JP, Gelderblom H, Ascierto PA, Fasolo A, Führer D, Hütter-Krönke ML, Forde PM, Wrona A, Santoro A, Sadow PM, Szpakowski S, Wu H, Bostel G, Faris J, Cameron S, Varga A, Taylor M
J Clin Oncol 2020 Aug 10;38(23):2620-2627. Epub 2020 May 4 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02727. PMID: 32364844Free PMC Article
Update on Fundamental Mechanisms of Thyroid Cancer.
Prete A, Borges de Souza P, Censi S, Muzza M, Nucci N, Sponziello M
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020;11:102. Epub 2020 Mar 13 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00102. PMID: 32231639Free PMC Article
Updates on the Management of Thyroid Cancer.
Araque KA, Gubbi S, Klubo-Gwiezdzinska J
Horm Metab Res 2020 Aug;52(8):562-577. Epub 2020 Feb 10 doi: 10.1055/a-1089-7870. PMID: 32040962Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Thyroid Cancer: A Review.
Boucai L, Zafereo M, Cabanillas ME
JAMA 2024 Feb 6;331(5):425-435. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.26348. PMID: 38319329
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: New Horizons and Challenges.
Maniakas A, Zafereo M, Cabanillas ME
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2022 Jun;51(2):391-401. Epub 2022 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2021.11.020. PMID: 35662448
2021 American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
Bible KC, Kebebew E, Brierley J, Brito JP, Cabanillas ME, Clark TJ Jr, Di Cristofano A, Foote R, Giordano T, Kasperbauer J, Newbold K, Nikiforov YE, Randolph G, Rosenthal MS, Sawka AM, Shah M, Shaha A, Smallridge R, Wong-Clark CK
Thyroid 2021 Mar;31(3):337-386. doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0944. PMID: 33728999Free PMC Article
Update on Fundamental Mechanisms of Thyroid Cancer.
Prete A, Borges de Souza P, Censi S, Muzza M, Nucci N, Sponziello M
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020;11:102. Epub 2020 Mar 13 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00102. PMID: 32231639Free PMC Article
Updates on the Management of Thyroid Cancer.
Araque KA, Gubbi S, Klubo-Gwiezdzinska J
Horm Metab Res 2020 Aug;52(8):562-577. Epub 2020 Feb 10 doi: 10.1055/a-1089-7870. PMID: 32040962Free PMC Article

Therapy

Dabrafenib plus trametinib in BRAFV600E-mutated rare cancers: the phase 2 ROAR trial.
Subbiah V, Kreitman RJ, Wainberg ZA, Gazzah A, Lassen U, Stein A, Wen PY, Dietrich S, de Jonge MJA, Blay JY, Italiano A, Yonemori K, Cho DC, de Vos FYFL, Moreau P, Fernandez EE, Schellens JHM, Zielinski CC, Redhu S, Boran A, Passos VQ, Ilankumaran P, Bang YJ
Nat Med 2023 May;29(5):1103-1112. Epub 2023 Apr 14 doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02321-8. PMID: 37059834Free PMC Article
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: New Horizons and Challenges.
Maniakas A, Zafereo M, Cabanillas ME
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2022 Jun;51(2):391-401. Epub 2022 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2021.11.020. PMID: 35662448
PD-1 Blockade in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.
Capdevila J, Wirth LJ, Ernst T, Ponce Aix S, Lin CC, Ramlau R, Butler MO, Delord JP, Gelderblom H, Ascierto PA, Fasolo A, Führer D, Hütter-Krönke ML, Forde PM, Wrona A, Santoro A, Sadow PM, Szpakowski S, Wu H, Bostel G, Faris J, Cameron S, Varga A, Taylor M
J Clin Oncol 2020 Aug 10;38(23):2620-2627. Epub 2020 May 4 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02727. PMID: 32364844Free PMC Article
Updates on the Management of Thyroid Cancer.
Araque KA, Gubbi S, Klubo-Gwiezdzinska J
Horm Metab Res 2020 Aug;52(8):562-577. Epub 2020 Feb 10 doi: 10.1055/a-1089-7870. PMID: 32040962Free PMC Article
Dabrafenib and Trametinib Treatment in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic BRAF V600-Mutant Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
Subbiah V, Kreitman RJ, Wainberg ZA, Cho JY, Schellens JHM, Soria JC, Wen PY, Zielinski C, Cabanillas ME, Urbanowitz G, Mookerjee B, Wang D, Rangwala F, Keam B
J Clin Oncol 2018 Jan 1;36(1):7-13. Epub 2017 Oct 26 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.73.6785. PMID: 29072975Free PMC Article

Prognosis

2021 American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
Bible KC, Kebebew E, Brierley J, Brito JP, Cabanillas ME, Clark TJ Jr, Di Cristofano A, Foote R, Giordano T, Kasperbauer J, Newbold K, Nikiforov YE, Randolph G, Rosenthal MS, Sawka AM, Shah M, Shaha A, Smallridge R, Wong-Clark CK
Thyroid 2021 Mar;31(3):337-386. doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0944. PMID: 33728999Free PMC Article
PD-1 Blockade in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.
Capdevila J, Wirth LJ, Ernst T, Ponce Aix S, Lin CC, Ramlau R, Butler MO, Delord JP, Gelderblom H, Ascierto PA, Fasolo A, Führer D, Hütter-Krönke ML, Forde PM, Wrona A, Santoro A, Sadow PM, Szpakowski S, Wu H, Bostel G, Faris J, Cameron S, Varga A, Taylor M
J Clin Oncol 2020 Aug 10;38(23):2620-2627. Epub 2020 May 4 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02727. PMID: 32364844Free PMC Article
Update on Fundamental Mechanisms of Thyroid Cancer.
Prete A, Borges de Souza P, Censi S, Muzza M, Nucci N, Sponziello M
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020;11:102. Epub 2020 Mar 13 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00102. PMID: 32231639Free PMC Article
Updates on the Management of Thyroid Cancer.
Araque KA, Gubbi S, Klubo-Gwiezdzinska J
Horm Metab Res 2020 Aug;52(8):562-577. Epub 2020 Feb 10 doi: 10.1055/a-1089-7870. PMID: 32040962Free PMC Article
Genomic and transcriptomic hallmarks of poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers.
Landa I, Ibrahimpasic T, Boucai L, Sinha R, Knauf JA, Shah RH, Dogan S, Ricarte-Filho JC, Krishnamoorthy GP, Xu B, Schultz N, Berger MF, Sander C, Taylor BS, Ghossein R, Ganly I, Fagin JA
J Clin Invest 2016 Mar 1;126(3):1052-66. Epub 2016 Feb 15 doi: 10.1172/JCI85271. PMID: 26878173Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Thyroid Cancer: A Review.
Boucai L, Zafereo M, Cabanillas ME
JAMA 2024 Feb 6;331(5):425-435. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.26348. PMID: 38319329
PD-1 Blockade in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.
Capdevila J, Wirth LJ, Ernst T, Ponce Aix S, Lin CC, Ramlau R, Butler MO, Delord JP, Gelderblom H, Ascierto PA, Fasolo A, Führer D, Hütter-Krönke ML, Forde PM, Wrona A, Santoro A, Sadow PM, Szpakowski S, Wu H, Bostel G, Faris J, Cameron S, Varga A, Taylor M
J Clin Oncol 2020 Aug 10;38(23):2620-2627. Epub 2020 May 4 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02727. PMID: 32364844Free PMC Article
Poorly Differentiated Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland: Current Status and Future Prospects.
Ibrahimpasic T, Ghossein R, Shah JP, Ganly I
Thyroid 2019 Mar;29(3):311-321. doi: 10.1089/thy.2018.0509. PMID: 30747050Free PMC Article
Genomic Hallmarks of Thyroid Neoplasia.
Giordano TJ
Annu Rev Pathol 2018 Jan 24;13:141-162. Epub 2017 Oct 30 doi: 10.1146/annurev-pathol-121808-102139. PMID: 29083981
Genomic and transcriptomic hallmarks of poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers.
Landa I, Ibrahimpasic T, Boucai L, Sinha R, Knauf JA, Shah RH, Dogan S, Ricarte-Filho JC, Krishnamoorthy GP, Xu B, Schultz N, Berger MF, Sander C, Taylor BS, Ghossein R, Ganly I, Fagin JA
J Clin Invest 2016 Mar 1;126(3):1052-66. Epub 2016 Feb 15 doi: 10.1172/JCI85271. PMID: 26878173Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Emerging insights into thyroid cancer from immunotherapy perspective: A bibliometric analysis.
Wang Q, Pan G, Zhang Y, Ni Y, Mu Y, Luo D
Hum Vaccin Immunother 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2403170. Epub 2024 Sep 18 doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2403170. PMID: 39294892
Charged particle radiotherapy for thyroid cancer. A systematic review.
Ciccone LP, Franzetti J, Bonora M, Ronchi S, Camarda AM, Charalampopoulou A, Facoetti A, Bazani A, Magro G, Vischioni B, Locati LD, Licitra L, Sauerwein WAG, Orlandi E
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2024 Oct;202:104463. Epub 2024 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2024.104463. PMID: 39098367
Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas: conceptual controversy and clinical impact.
Coca-Pelaz A, Rodrigo JP, Agaimy A, Williams MD, Saba NF, Nuyts S, Randolph GW, López F, Vander Poorten V, Kowalski LP, Civantos FJ, Zafereo ME, Mäkitie AA, Cohen O, Nixon IJ, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A
Virchows Arch 2024 May;484(5):733-742. Epub 2024 Feb 24 doi: 10.1007/s00428-024-03752-5. PMID: 38400843
2021 American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
Bible KC, Kebebew E, Brierley J, Brito JP, Cabanillas ME, Clark TJ Jr, Di Cristofano A, Foote R, Giordano T, Kasperbauer J, Newbold K, Nikiforov YE, Randolph G, Rosenthal MS, Sawka AM, Shah M, Shaha A, Smallridge R, Wong-Clark CK
Thyroid 2021 Mar;31(3):337-386. doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0944. PMID: 33728999Free PMC Article
New therapeutic options for advanced forms of thyroid cancer.
Bernet V, Smallridge R
Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2014 Jun;19(2):225-41. Epub 2014 Mar 3 doi: 10.1517/14728214.2014.894017. PMID: 24588376

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