Molecular Targeted Therapies for Patients with Refractory Thyroid Cancer

The recent availability of molecular targeted therapies leads to reconsideration of the treatment strategy in patients with distant metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma who are resistant to radioiodine therapy, and in patients with metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma. In patients with progressive disease, treatment with kinase inhibitors should be offered, preferably in the context of a prospective trial. (C) 2010 The Royal College of Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.