Follow-up of patients treated with retinoic acid for the control of radioiodine non-responsive advanced thyroid carcinoma
During thyroid tumor progression, cellular de-differentiation may occur and it is commonly accompanied by metastatic spread and loss of iodine uptake. Retinoic acid (RA) administration might increase iodine uptake in about 40% of patients, suggesting that RA could be a promising therapeutic option f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000100011 |