MON-513 Suppressing the Growth of Human Medullary Thyroid Cancer Cells Using FDA-Approved Drug

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a solid tumor of the parafollicular cells in the thyroid gland. MTC has worse prognosis, when compared with other differentiated thyroid cancers, and MTC patients with distant metastases have a low survival rate unless thyroidectomy is performed at an early stage. Furthermore, conventional treatments have only marginal benefits. Therefore, there is a need to develop novel therapeutics for MTC. Several drugs...