Dr. Bible on Impact of Lenvatinib on Treatment Landscape of DTC

Keith C. Bible, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, Mayo Clinic, discusses the impact that lenvatinib (Lenvima) has had on the treatment landscape of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC).

It is a plus to have another agent, such as lenvatinib, in this space as sorafenib demonstrates more modest activity in patients. Lenvatinib also elicits higher response rates in patients versus sorafenib, Bible explains. In patients with aggressive symptomatic disease, lenvatinib is a more cytoreductive approach that can help improve symptoms.

The approval of lenvatinib gives clinicians the opportunity to provide another therapy option to patients with DTC, Bible says.

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