In healthy patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinomas, active surveillance may be a feasible and safe alternative to immediate surgery, according to study results published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. There is controversy regarding optimal management of low-risk thyroid carcinomas, with active surveillance emerging as a potential alternative to surgery. However, there is…
The diagnostic pathway leading to diagnosis of thyroid microcarcinoma (tumor size ≤1 cm) is very different than that of larger thyroid tumors.
Serum tumor markers alone can provide reliable surveillance of patients who undergo total thyroidectomy for low- and intermediate-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Rozlytrek is a kinase inhibitor that selectively targets ROS1 and NTRK fusions.
Many patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer perceive that they have no choice about receiving radioactive iodine.
A woman who underwent total thyroidectomy with neck dissection experiences headaches, muscle spasms, and cramps.
When the investigators included extranodal extension in the ATA’s current PTC risk stratification system, 32.8% of patients originally categorized as low risk with ≤5 positive lymph nodes were increased to intermediate risk.
Incidence rates of pediatric thyroid cancer have increased in the United States, likely attributable to enhanced diagnostic practices and an increase in thyroid cancer in the pediatric population.
Standardized incidence ratio highest for prostate cancer for men, nasopharynx cancer for women
Treatment with once-weekly exenatide 2 mg does not increase serum calcitonin concentrations or the risk for medullary thyroid carcinoma.
