Makoto Tahara, Hiroshi Takami, Yasuhiro Ito, Takahiro Okamoto, Iwao Sugitani, Kiminori Sugino, Shunji Takahashi, Hiroshi Takeyama, Hidemitsu Tsutsui, Hisato Hara, Ayako Mitsuma, Hiroyuki Yamashita, Yasuo Ohashi, Tsuneo Imai
Background: Although lenvatinib is the preferred treatment for unresectable radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RR-DTC), this agent exerts considerable toxicities, which can lead to frequent dose interruptions and modifications. The adoption of planned drug holidays has been recently suggested as one means of minimizing or avoiding these severe adverse events. Our retrospective study demonstrated that planned drug holidays appear to be a promising strategy for continuing of lenvatinib...
April 17, 2024: Thyroid: Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association