Oncology & Cancer
Global burden of thyroid cancer is increasing
(HealthDay)—There is an increasing global burden of thyroid cancer, according to a study published online June 26 in JAMA Network Open.
Jun 30, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Identifying survivors at high risk of secondary cancers
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are studying the combined effect of cancer treatments and inherited mutations in DNA-repair genes. Their results may help predict which survivors are at increased risk of ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors may lead to thyroid dysfunction
Thyroid dysfunction following cancer treatment with new treatments called immune checkpoint inhibitors is more common than previously thought, according to research that was accepted for presentation at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Medical research
Survey finds physicians struggle to communicate positive thyroid cancer prognosis
Despite excellent prognosis with most thyroid cancers, many newly diagnosed patients have cancer-related worry, and physicians vary in their responses to patients' worry, according to new research accepted for presentation ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Surgery
Guidelines for thyroid surgery published
The first set of comprehensive, evidence-based clinical guidelines for surgical treatment of thyroid disease - developed by an expert panel assembled by the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) - was published ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Medical research
Thyroid cancer, genetic variations and cell phones linked in study
Radiation from cell phones is associated with higher rates of thyroid cancer among people with genetic variations in specific genes, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds.
Jan 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Elevated leukemia incidence is found in World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers
Responders who worked at the World Trade Center site after the attacks on September 11, 2001, have an increased overall cancer incidence compared to the general population, particularly in thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, ...
Jan 14, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer patients are at higher risk of dying from heart disease and stroke
More than one in ten cancer patients do not die from their cancer but from heart and blood vessel problems instead, according to new research published in the European Heart Journal today. For some cancers, like breast, prostate, ...
Nov 25, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify new gene mutation in familial thyroid cancers
Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine identified a new gene mutation that may cause a type of familial thyroid cancer. Dr. Darrin Bann, an otolaryngology resident at the College of Medicine and lead author of the ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers describe catatonia in Down syndrome
Down syndrome, due to an extra chromosome 21, occurs in 250,000 children and adults in the United States, making it the country's most common chromosomal disorder. Inherited heart defects, thyroid cancer, celiac disease and ...
Nov 19, 2019
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