Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

Julian Earl — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 09:50:26 GMT

I looked on Entrez PubMed, here:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17591293/

There are a lot of papers published on this and the first one that I looked at gives median survival time of 3 years after thyroidectomy which seems pretty good to me. Surgery is always the first option as suggested by others here

For widespread disease radio-iodine is the treatment of choice. Good luck with this case. .

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

Ex Member — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 22:16:36 GMT

Dear Richard,

For microscopic disease carboplatin and meloxicam, if you have residual gross disease such as metastasis to the lungs (that I would check for) definitely toceranib and meloxicam:-)

Regards and stay safe,

Chiara

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

Lucy Fleming — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:35:54 GMT

[quote userid="2675" url="~/001/veterinary-clinical/small-animal/oncology/f/discussions/28942/thyroid-carcinoma---what-now/220177"]dog thyroid tumours generally not active, radioactive iodine ineffective[/quote]

I did wonder why I hadn't heard of it as a treatment option, but then I saw a mention of it in an ACVS article (but that's america, so who knows!)

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

Richard Carter — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:23:38 GMT

from what I have been able to find, carboplatin or doxirubicin gives variable results on metastatic spread, there is metronomic rx but haven't found what product - just mentioned as option and as dog thyroid tumours generally not active, radioactive iodine ineffective

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

Lucy Fleming — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:13:27 GMT

Radioiodine is the treatment of choice for thyroid carcinoma in cats, I believe, but may be a fairly different disease process. Anyone know if it is available/ practical/ appropriate in dogs?

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

Julian Earl — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:03:37 GMT

For what use a single case anecdoteis worth, I've excised one of these from an eldery Border Terrier and the dog did fine. Beware atrophy of the glad on the opposite side due to the high level of throxine etc secrete by the tumour. Worth removing I think as long s owners are forewarned about possible outcomes.

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

nick shackleton — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 18:20:31 GMT

Not a protocol but would definitely suggest staging CT to check for metastatic spread

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

Richard Carter — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:58:59 GMT

freely movable and fairly easily removed - as said looked more like haemangioma than a glandular mass. No superficial l/nodes enlarged, no other cervical masses identified

RE: Thyroid carcinoma - what now?

Beats — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 14:30:37 GMT

was if freely moveable or fixed in position?