Postoperative radioiodine ablation does not reduce cancer recurrence following thyroidectomy
1. The 5-year recurrence-free survival was comparable with ablation and without ablation. 2. Adverse events were comparable in both groups, ...
Tag: thyroid cancer
#VisualAbstract: Phase 3 Trial of Selpercatinib in Advanced RET-Mutant Medullary Thyroid Cancer
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Fine needle biopsy remains a reliable test for thyroid cancer diagnosis
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis that included 16,597 patients, fine needle biopsy (FNB) sensitivity was approximately 86%, and ...
More permissive parameters for active surveillance eligibility is potentially possible in slow-growing thyroid cancers
1. Patients in the active surveillance group who had forgone surgery had no difference in survival compared to patients who ...
#VisualAbstract: Addition of selumetinib to radioactive iodine does not improve remission rates in differentiated thyroid cancers
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Postoperative treatment without radioiodine has noninferior outcomes following thyroidectomy
1. Patients with low-risk thyroid cancer undergoing thyroidectomy, who did not receive radioiodine post-operatively, did not show inferior functional, structural, ...
Multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma has a higher risk of recurrence than unifocal cancer
1. Multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) was associated with a higher risk of cancer recurrence than unifocal PTC. 2. Large ...
Trends in thyroid cancer incidence and mortality in the United States from 1974-2013
1. This ecological study found that from 1974 to 2013, there were average annual increases in incidence rates and mortality ...
No significant long-term size change in benign thyroid nodules
1. The majority of benign thyroid nodules did not significantly increase in size during a 5-year follow-up period. 2. While ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 9 – February 15, 2015
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. HIV-Positive-to-HIV-Positive ...
