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Recent Progress: Thyroid Cancer

Taking Aim at a Rare Type of Thyroid Cancer

Taking Aim at a Rare Type of Thyroid Cancer

The FDA has expanded the approval of a molecularly targeted therapeutic to treat certain pediatric and adult patients with medullary thyroid cancer.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved pralsetinib (Gavreto) to treat certain adult and pediatric patients age...