Palliative Electrochemotherapy Treatment of Cutaneous Metastases in a Patient with Advanced Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma

Daniela Cavaco; Sara Carvalhal; Valeriano Leite

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Palliative Electrochemotherapy Treatment of Cutaneous Metastases in a Patient with Advanced Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma

Daniela Cavaco, Sara Carvalhal, Valeriano Leite

NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)

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Abstract

Advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with cutaneous metastases may cause pain, ulceration, and bleeding. Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a minimally invasive treatment of tumors located in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The electric pulses potentiate the toxicity of cytostatic agents entering the tumor cell. It is highly effective especially to relieve pain and improve the quality of life. The adverse events are local and transient. A case of progressive metastatic PTC who developed bleeding cutaneous metastases treated with ECT is described.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	221-224
Journal	European Thyroid Journal
Volume	9
Issue number	4
Early online date	Jun 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000507888
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

Keywords

Advanced thyroid cancer
Case report
Cutaneous metastases
Electrochemotherapy

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Palliative Electrochemotherapy Treatment of Cutaneous Metastases in a Patient with Advanced Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma

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