Newly revised guidelines for managing thyroid cancer published in Thyroid journal Nov 6, 2009
The revised guidelines for managing thyroid cancer provide recommendations for optimal surgical management, the use of radioiodine remnant ablation, thyroid hormone suppression therapy, as well as long-term surveillance based on ultrasound, other imaging modalities, and laboratory testing. Accompanying the Management Guidelines published in Thyroid are four editorials that include commentary on the preparation of the revised guidelines, highlights of the 2009 revisions, the transition from... (EurekAlert!)
Ultrasonics Improves Surgeons’ View When Removing Tumors From The Pituitary Gland Jun 18, 2009
10, 2006) A multicenter international study, including Johns Hopkins, has found that after surgery for thyroid cancer, giving genetically engineered human thyroid-stimulating hormone (rhTSH) before radioiodine. . (Science Daily)
Drug That Targets Vasculature Growth Attacks Aggressive Thyroid Cancer May 17, 2009
"The benefits were striking in many patients to a degree we have not previously seen in thyroid cancer in response to other therapies, including the standard treatment of radioiodine," says Keith Bible, M.D., Ph ... Fortunately, most patients with thyroid cancer respond well to surgery and to follow-up treatment with radioiodine; even if the cancer recurs and spreads, the disease progresses slowly in most patients, Dr. Bible says ... However, about 5 percent of these patients experience rapidly... (Science Daily)
Another doctor says Patel performed unnecessary operation Feb 23, 2009
Dr De Lacy also told the hearing there was a major omission in Mr Blight's care because he was not offered radioiodine therapy and was left with a saliva gland that leaked out of his neck wound. However, the committal hearing has also heard Patel was a hard worker. (ABC Online)
Simple Criteria Predict Cure of Overactive Thyroid Feb 7, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Several factors that predict a favorable response to radioiodine treatment in patients with hyperactive thyroid, or "hyperthyroidism," have been identified by researchers in a study published in the current issue of the journal Clinical Endocrinology. Radioiodine is a radioactive isotope of iodine often used to treat patients with hyperthyroidism ... Female gender, lower levels of free thyroid hormone T4, the absence of a goiter and treatment with a 600 megabecquerel... (MEDLINEplus)
