Optimising VEGFR-TKIs (MKIs) in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Dr Jaume Capdevila obtained his medical degree from the University of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain. In 2000-2001 he held a fellowship in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Lleida. From 2002 to 2006 he attended a specialization in medical oncology at the Santa Creu i Sant Pau University Hospital, Barcelona and since 2006 served as medical oncologist at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) in Barcelona. Since early 2013 he is also leading the gastrointestinal and endocrine tumor unit at Teknon Cancer Institute. He is involved in research and treatment of patients with gastrointestinal cancer and endocrine tumors as well as in early-drug development. He has published over 82 articles in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters. He is an active member of several oncology societies (ASCO, ENETS, EORTC, SEOM, TTD, GEMCAD, GETNE, and GETHI) and actively participates in national and international trials. He is member of the advisory board of the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS), Secretary and Treasurer of the Spanish Task Force for neuroendocrine tumors (Grupo Español de Tumores Neuroendocrinos, GETNE) and funding member and Treasurer of the Spanish Task Force Group for Research in Orphan and Rare Tumors (Grupo Español de Tumores Huérfanos e Infrecuentes, GETHI). He is also a medical oncologist member of the Thyroid Cancer Working Group within the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (SEEN).

Dr Rachel van Leeuwaarde is an endocrinologist at the department of Endocrine Oncology at the University Medical Center of Utrecht, The Netherlands. She graduated cum laude from the Vrije University in Amsterdam and completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University Medical Center of Utrecht. During her endocrinology fellowship she developed an interest in endocrine oncology. Currently she is a staff member at the department of Endocrine Oncology at the University Medical Center of Utrecht and the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital in Amsterdam. During her PhD trajectory on Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1, she completed a master in Epidemiology at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center of Utrecht. Her PhD study was on “The impact of screening in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1”. Dr van Leeuwaarde’s research focusses on endocrine tumor syndromes such as Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 & 2 and Von Hippel Lindau disease with a special interest in screening and the health related quality of life in these syndromes.