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Radioactive iodine may boost survival in papillary thyroid cancer

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 20:30

CORONADO, CALIF. – The use of radioactive iodine in patients with papillary thyroid cancer showed a small but statistically significant survival benefit for all tumor size categories, a long-term...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Total thyroidectomy more likely with younger thyroid cancer patients

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 17:46

CORONADO, CALIF. – Patients with differentiated thyroid cancer who were younger than age 45 years were more likely to undergo total or near-total thyroidectomy and to receive radioactive iodine,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Enhanced thyroid cancer guidelines expected in 2015

Posted on: 13/11/2014 - 21:59

CORONADO, CALIF. – Expect significant enhancements to the updated thyroid cancer management guidelines from the American Thyroid Association, due to be released in early 2015. Last updated in <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Pasireotide decreases incidence of postoperative fistula

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 22:55

The somatostatin analogue pasireotide reduced postoperative pancreatic fistula leak or abscess by 56%, compared with placebo, a randomized study has determined. Pasireotide (Signifor) was effective...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers

Posted on: 19/05/2014 - 15:05

BOSTON – Extensive surgery beyond lobectomy offers no survival advantage for small papillary thyroid cancers, according to a large database analysis. Total thyroidectomy was not associated with an...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Growth hormone levels predict postsurgical acromegaly remission

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 14:20

Elevated growth hormone levels had a negative impact on remission in acromegaly patients undergoing transsphenoidal adenomectomies, researchers from Emory University in Atlanta concluded after a...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Radioactive iodine may boost survival in papillary thyroid cancer

Total thyroidectomy more likely with younger thyroid cancer patients

Enhanced thyroid cancer guidelines expected in 2015

Pasireotide decreases incidence of postoperative fistula

Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers

Growth hormone levels predict postsurgical acromegaly remission

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Radioactive iodine may boost survival in papillary thyroid cancer

Total thyroidectomy more likely with younger thyroid cancer patients

Enhanced thyroid cancer guidelines expected in 2015

Pasireotide decreases incidence of postoperative fistula

Lobectomy suffices for surgery of small papillary thyroid cancers

Growth hormone levels predict postsurgical acromegaly remission

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