Tag: Cancer: Thyroid
Central Neck Dissection Underused in Some Thyroid CA
Risk of reoperation up with lymph node metastasis; reduced with central, lateral neck dissection
Low Tumor Growth Rates During Active Surveillance of Thyroid CA
Younger age at diagnosis, initial risk category linked to papillary thyroid cancer tumor growth
Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer Doesn’t Up Stroke Risk
I-131 therapy group showed no significantly higher risk of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
Thyroid Cancer Tied to Regular Thyroxine Use in Hypothyroidism
No significant cancer link for hypothyroidism patients who were irregular thyroxine users
USPSTF Does Not Recommend Routine Thyroid Cancer Screening
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirms guidelines it issued in 1996 and 2016
Thyroidectomy for Thyroid CA Up Post 2006 Mass. Health Reform
Health reform linked to significantly increased rates of thyroidectomy and neck dissection
Thyroid Cancer Incidence, Mortality Up in U.S. Since 1974
Increase mainly due to papillary thyroid cancer, which increased in incidence for all SEER stages at diagnosis
Patients With Thyroid CA Who Choose No Rx Report Isolation
Participants report decision not to intervene is often met with non-reassuring, unsupportive response
CVD, Osteoporosis Risk Up for Young Thyroid Cancer Survivors
More people are living with other serious health conditions resulting from treatment, researchers say
Overall Survival Poor in Unresected Anaplastic Thyroid CA
Positive correlation for radiation therapy dose and survival for study cohort, those receiving systemic tx
