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Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome have high prevalence of anti-thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibody

Prevalence of Anti-TSH Receptor Antibody High in Fibromyalgia

Prevalence of TRAb positivity was high compared with control populations in previous studies
Clinicians should not screen for thyroid cancer in patients who have no symptoms of the disease

USPSTF Continues to Recommend Against Thyroid Cancer Screening

Widespread routine thyroid cancer screening can lead to overdiagnosis, overtreatment
Patients with thyroid carcinoma undergoing thyroid surgery often have shoulder-related complaints

Shoulder-Related Issues Common After Thyroid Cancer Surgery

Patients with thyroid carcinoma have worse scores on disability, quality of life measures
For patients with papillary thyroid cancer

Patient Age Linked to Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Linear reduction in cancer-specific survival with increasing age, with no evidence of a cut point
More imaging tests after treatment does not always lead to an improvement in thyroid cancer patients' chances of survival

Imaging Post-Thyroid Cancer Treatment Doesn’t Always Benefit

Dramatic increase in imaging, but only radioiodine scans associated with improved survival
Local-regional failure in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer is mostly seen in patients with gross disease at the time of intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Dose Escalation in IMRT Slows Progression of Thyroid Cancer

Local-regional failure in WDTC mostly occurs outside of 70 Gy volume and in peri-esophageal region
The likelihood of developing breast or thyroid cancer as a secondary malignancy is increased following diagnosis of the other cancer

Thyroid Cancer Risk Up Following Breast Cancer and Vice Versa

Review finds odds up for developing thyroid or breast cancer as secondary malignancy after the other
Obesity is associated with increased risk of thyroid cancer

Review Links Obesity to Increased Thyroid Cancer Risk

Positive link to papillary, follicular, anaplastic thyroid cancer; inverse link for medullary thyroid cancer
Advanced imaging technology has increased diagnosis rates of thyroid cancer over the past decade; however

‘Epidemic of Diagnosis’ in Thyroid Cancer

Many cases involve low-risk tumors where treatments could carry greater risks than benefits
Women who survive breast cancer may have a higher-than-average risk of developing thyroid cancer in the next several years

ENDO: Breast Cancer Linked to Higher Risk of Thyroid Cancer

Increased risk seen particularly within five years of breast cancer diagnosis