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Drug:

Lenvatinib [Lenvima]
 

Indication:

Locally recurrent or metastatic, progressive, radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer
 

I’m sorry, what in the heck did you just say?

Lenvatinib can be used to treat the vast majority of thyroid cancers (differentiated thyroid cancers account for about 94% of all thyroid carcinomas according to NCCN)--after they have failed radiation therapy.

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