Targeting MYC as a Therapeutic Intervention
for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer JCEM March 28, 2017 Keisuke Enomoto, Xuguang Zhu, Sunmi Park, Li Zhao, Yuelin J. Zhu, Mark C. Willingham, Jun Qi, John A. Copland, Paul Meltzer, and Sheue - yann Cheng Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is one of the most aggressive cancers in humans.
But the diagnostic test, which checks to see if a patient's tumor carries a mutation in a gene coding
for anaplastic lymphoma kinase, called ALK, is just $ 250.
Not exact matches
Multiplexed genetic screening
for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and
anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangements and subsequent biomarker - guided treatment is cost - effective compared with standard chemotherapy treatment without any molecular testing in the metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) setting in the United States.
TEMODAR is indicated
for the treatment of adult patients with refractory
anaplastic astrocytoma, i.e., patients who have experienced disease progression on a drug regimen containing nitrosourea and procarbazine.
American Thyroid Association Guidelines
for Management of Patients with
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
These are
anaplastic (undifferentiated cell, characteristic of malignant neoplasms) round cells that no longer resemble macrophages (white blood cells within tissues, produced by the division of monocytes) and display multiple criteria
for malignancy.