Blood levels of microRNAs may serve as diagnostic tool for thyroid cancer,...
A new analysis has found that the presence of short segments of genetic material (known as microRNA) within papillary thyroid cancer tumors suggests a likelihood of recurrence after patients undergo...
View ArticleMolecular testing panel increases likelihood of performing correct surgery...
The routine use of a molecular testing panel developed at UPMC greatly increases the likelihood of performing the correct initial surgery for patients with thyroid nodules and cancer, report...
View ArticleStudy on widespread vitamin D deficiency among patients who undergo...
A new study from researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit finds widespread vitamin D deficiency among patients who undergo a thyroidectomy, potentially putting them at greater risk for developing...
View ArticleNew research findings on Graves' disease to be highlighted at ATA meeting
A unique mouse model of Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder that causes hyperthyroidism, and new research findings that may help improve the treatment of Graves' disease will be highlighted in oral...
View ArticleNovel therapeutic approaches to improve thyroid cancer outcomes
Novel therapeutic approaches to improve outcomes in thyroid cancer, for example using targeted delivery of cytotoxic drugs to tumor cells, will be among the topics featured in oral and poster...
View ArticleGenomics of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC): an interview with Professor...
There are two types of thyroid cells and therefore there are two broad types of thyroid cancer. Medullary carcinoma is derived from parafollicular or C cells, whereas follicular cells give rise to...
View ArticleStudy explores outcomes of thyroid surgery in professional singers
A diagnosis of thyroid cancer can be devastating to professional singers, because surgical removal of the thyroid commonly causes voice changes. Massachusetts Eye and Ear surgeons developed a neural...
View ArticleIntensive therapy needed in paediatric triiodothyronine-predominant Graves'...
Paediatric patients with triiodothyronine-predominant Graves' disease develop severe disease that needs increased doses of antithyroid drugs, a study shows.
View ArticleLatest ENT research to be presented at AAO-HNSF's annual meeting
The latest research on hearing loss, head and neck cancers, sleep apnea and other otolaryngic topics will be presented in Dallas, TX, September 27-30, at the 2015 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO? of the...
View ArticleStandardized treatment approach makes outpatient thyroid surgery a safe...
A standardized treatment approach that starts with good screening and ends with patients going home to well-prepared caregivers, means outpatient thyroid surgery is safe for the vast majority of...
View ArticleStudy reveals demographic and clinical disparities associated with substernal...
Older patients, minorities, and male patients are more likely to develop substernal thyroid goiters that are difficult to remove surgically, putting them at risk for treatment complications and death,...
View ArticleMSBI surgeons perform first endoscopic transoral thyroidectomy in New York
A team of surgeons at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, led by William B. Inabnet III, MD, the Eugene W. Friedman, MD, Professor of Surgery and Chair for the Department of Surgery at MSBI and Chief of Endocrine...
View ArticleNew thyroidectomy approach can be employed using standard surgical equipment,...
A surgical approach developed by ENT surgeons at LSU Health New Orleans to perform thryroidectomies without scarring the neck appears to be just as successful using standard surgery.
View ArticleThyroid cancer surgery complications higher than previously thought, study...
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.
View ArticleNovel therapeutic approaches to improve thyroid cancer outcomes
Novel therapeutic approaches to improve outcomes in thyroid cancer, for example using targeted delivery of cytotoxic drugs to tumor cells, will be among the topics featured in oral and poster...
View ArticleGenomics of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC): an interview with Professor...
There are two types of thyroid cells and therefore there are two broad types of thyroid cancer. Medullary carcinoma is derived from parafollicular or C cells, whereas follicular cells give rise to...
View ArticleStudy explores outcomes of thyroid surgery in professional singers
A diagnosis of thyroid cancer can be devastating to professional singers, because surgical removal of the thyroid commonly causes voice changes. Massachusetts Eye and Ear surgeons developed a neural...
View ArticleIntensive therapy needed in paediatric triiodothyronine-predominant Graves'...
Paediatric patients with triiodothyronine-predominant Graves' disease develop severe disease that needs increased doses of antithyroid drugs, a study shows.
View ArticleLatest ENT research to be presented at AAO-HNSF's annual meeting
The latest research on hearing loss, head and neck cancers, sleep apnea and other otolaryngic topics will be presented in Dallas, TX, September 27-30, at the 2015 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO? of the...
View ArticleStandardized treatment approach makes outpatient thyroid surgery a safe...
A standardized treatment approach that starts with good screening and ends with patients going home to well-prepared caregivers, means outpatient thyroid surgery is safe for the vast majority of...
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