In the era of precision medicine, targeting the mutations driving cancer growth, rather than the tumor site itself, continues to be a successful approach for some patients. In the latest example, researchers from Penn Medicine ...
Jul 23, 2016
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More imaging after thyroid cancer treatment identifies recurrence, but it does not always improve survival, a new study suggests.
Jul 20, 2016
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Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center found that patients who did not adhere to their medication schedule for chronic conditions, such as hypertension, ...
Jun 9, 2016
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Exposure to radioactive fallout from the April 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident in Belgium may have increased the incidence of thyroid cancer in those exposed as children, according to new research published in the journal ...
Jun 7, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Fewer thyroid cancers are diagnosed in the United States now than in the recent past, perhaps signaling a change in physician practices, a new study says.
Apr 14, 2016
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Led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, an international panel of pathologists and clinicians has reclassified a type of thyroid cancer to reflect that it is noninvasive and has a low risk of ...
Apr 14, 2016
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Women who survived breast or thyroid cancer faced an elevated risk of developing the other cancer as a secondary malignancy, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the ...
Feb 5, 2016
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In a stimulating new Roundtable Discussion, a distinguished panel of leading physicians and clinical researchers highlight the key changes, new topics, and areas of ongoing controversy in the "2015 American Thyroid Association ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Surgeon Julie Ann Sosa, MD, professor of advanced oncologic and GI surgery, is an international authority on thyroid cancer, and right about now her expertise is in great demand. Thyroid cancer is the fastest-increasing cancer ...
Dec 14, 2015
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Thyroid cancer survivors report poor quality of life after diagnosis and treatment compared with other patients who are diagnosed with more lethal cancers, according to new research from the University of Chicago Medicine.
Dec 11, 2015
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