Eligibility criteria
Condition
Thyroid Neoplasms
Sex
Females and Males
Age
18 + years
Inclusion criteria
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- Histologically documented thyroid cancer with metastases.
- Failure of radioactive iodine (131I) to control the disease or radioactive iodine
(131I) is not an appropriate therapy (e.g. due to lack of iodine uptake by the tumor)
Exclusion criteria
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- Central lung lesions involving major blood vessels (arteries or veins).(Central
lesions that maintain the structural integrity of vessels have the potential to bleed
if the tumor lesion undergoes necrosis. MRI or CT angiography should be used in any
case where there is any question as to whether blood vessels are involved.)
- Patients with a history of hemoptysis