Open AccessTrends and Predictors of Chemotherapy Use among Thyroid Cancer Patients in the National Cancer Database (2004-2013)
Author(s) -
Stacey A. Fedewa,
Ahmedin Jemal,
Amy Y. Chen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000449379
Subject(s) - medicine , oncology , chemotherapy , odds ratio , thyroid cancer , medullary thyroid cancer , cancer , database , computer science
Beginning in 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of multikinase inhibitors (MKIs) for medullary thyroid cancers (MTCs), and in 2013 MKIs were approved for metastatic differentiated thyroid cancers (DTCs). However, little is known about the use of chemotherapy in thyroid cancer patients. Thus, the goal of our study was to describe patterns of chemotherapy use, including MKIs, among DTC and MTC patients in the National Cancer Database (NCDB).