Development of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Complications in Patients with Stage IV Thyroid Cancer Receiving Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

ABSTRACT: Objective: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are a class of systemic chemotherapy used in patients with radioactive iodine-refractory metastatic thyroid cancer. TKIs have been linked with impaired wound healing, but their association with upper aerodigestive tract complications is not wel...

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Main Authors: Christopher Perdoni, MD, Clara Olcott, MD, David C. Lieb, MD, FACE, FACP, Daniel W. Karakla, MD, FACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:AACE Clinical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376060520301048