Clinical Trials

An International, Randomised, Double-Blind, Two-Arm Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Vandetanib 150 and 300mg/day in Patients with Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma with Progressive or Symptomatic Disease 10 countries, 34 sites plus seven back-up sites Hopefully five UK centres – Cardiff, Christie, Royal Marsden, Barts and Newcastle – will […]

Allan Hackshaw, Deputy Director of Cancer Research UK, comments: “Recommended treatment for most patients with differentiated thyroid cancer is surgery followed by a high administered dose of 3.7 GBq (100mCi) radioiodine ablation. However, a lower dose (1.1 GBq or 30 mCi) has advantages including a shorter stay in hospital isolation and lower risk of side […]