Chemotherapy drugs for thyroid cancer

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. It is not a very common treatment for thyroid cancer.

Doxorubicin, Paclitaxel, and platinum chemotherapy agents are among the most common chemotherapy drugs for treating thyroid cancer.

Systemic therapies are drugs used to treat aggressive or metastatic thyroid cancers. Our specialists use chemotherapies (drugs that kill cancer cells) and

Thyroid function can be affected by cancer chemotherapy drugs given to treat non-thyroid cancers. Treatment requires taking thyroid hormone pills.

Chemotherapy uses anticancer drugs to destroy cancer cells. You may be offered chemotherapy for metastatic medullary thyroid cancer if targeted therapy doesn't work. It is usually given as a palliative treatment to help relieve symptoms. Chemotherapy drugs used for medullary thyroid cancer include doxorubicin (Adriamycin) and dacarbazine.

Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs work throughout your body to destroy cancer cells. You usually receive these drugs through a vein (infusion). The type of chemotherapy used depends on the thyroid cancer type and how far cancer has spread (its stage). Chemotherapy drugs used to treat advanced thyroid cancers can include: Anthracyclines (doxorubicin)

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. While chemotherapy is not often used to treat thyroid cancer, it may sometimes be

Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy thyroid cancer cells or to stop them from growing and spreading. Chemotherapy is not widely used to treat

Chemotherapy: This treatment uses drugs to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing. Anaplastic thyroid cancer patients may receive chemotherapy with EBT.