Three Cases of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Transformation and Leukocytosis during Lenvatinib Treatment

alkiviadis.1961 shared this article with you from Inoreader Three Cases of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Transformation and Leukocytosis during Lenvatinib Treatment Via Hindawi Publishing Corporation Since 2015, the cancer treatment lenvatinib has been used for patients with advanced radioactive iodine- (RAI-) refractory thyroid differentiated cancer; however, the drug's long-term effects have not been fully investigated. We report three cases in which lenvatinib treatment initially improved the patients' conditions, although they all died approximately 2 months after leukocytosis due to very aggressive disease progression with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma transformation. Serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) was elevated in all three cases, and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was elevated in two cases. The patients had a similar clinical course, with multiorgan metastasis and aggressive disease progression. Even with advanced cancer, lenvatinib has provided control of the disease. However, as l ong-term use of lenvatinib grows, it is possible that similar cases will increase, and we report our findings as an alert to other clinicians. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.