Today five influential Australian health-care organisations – representing professionals, the public and policy makers – have released a statement outlining that some medical conditions are being diagnosed too often, ...
Aug 17, 2017
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A new study by a University of Calgary researcher reveals 75 per cent of Canadians diagnosed with thyroid cancer don't have it.
Aug 16, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Patients with primary hypothyroidism who are regular thyroxine users have increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a study published online July 19 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
Jul 31, 2017
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The drug lenvatinib can significantly improve overall survival rates in a group of thyroid cancer patients whose disease is resistant to standard radioiodine treatment, according to new research from the Perelman School of ...
Jun 15, 2017
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Penn State College of Medicine researchers have shown, for the first time, a possible correlation between the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station and thyroid cancers in the counties surrounding ...
May 31, 2017
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As thyroid cancer rates rise, more people are having surgery to remove all or part of their thyroid. A new study suggests complications from these procedures are more common than previously believed.
May 16, 2017
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening for thyroid cancer in adults without any signs or symptoms. The report appears in the May 9 issue of JAMA.
May 9, 2017
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New study findings link traveling to an academic medical center for surgical removal of pancreatic or thyroid cancer with higher quality surgical care for both cancers, and longer survival for patients with pancreatic cancer ...
May 1, 2017
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When cancer metastases, bone unwittingly offers a friendly place for tumor cell growth—only to have its hospitality betrayed by pathologic fractures, spinal cord compression, the need for bone surgery or irradiation, and ...
Apr 14, 2017
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The 2006 Massachusetts health reform, a model for the Affordable Care Act, was associated with significant increases in surgical intervention for thyroid cancer, specifically among nonwhite populations, according to a study ...
Apr 5, 2017
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