Successful Treatment with Selpercatinib for Ectopic Cushing’s Syndrome Due to Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Successful Treatment with Selpercatinib for Ectopic Cushing’s Syndrome Due to Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Selpercatinib, a RET kinase inhibitor, is an effective treatment for patients with medullary thyroid cancer with RET mutations. In this paper, we present the case of a 62-year-old man with ectopic Cushing’s syndrome due to medullary thyroid cancer who received treatment with selpercatinib. Six month...

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Main Authors:	Oskar Ragnarsson, Marta Piasecka, Andreas Hallqvist
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:	Current Oncology
Subjects:	medullary thyroid cancer ectopic Cushing’s syndrome paraneoplastic syndrome hypercortisolism
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/29/5/282

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