Medullary thyroid cancer
Clinical Thyroidology
The prognosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) depends greatly on the completeness of the first surgical treatment. However, whether central lymph-node compartment dissection should be performed with total thyroidectomy is a matter of debate unless there is preoperative or intraoperative evidence revealing the presence of lymph-node metastases.More

In patients with thyroid cancer, total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine improves the survival rate but not the cancer recurrence
Clinical Thyroidology for Patients
In most patients with thyroid cancer, surgery is performed to remove the cancer and the entire thyroid gland. After surgery, many of these patients are treated with radioactive iodine to destroy all remaining cancerous or normal thyroid cells. In general, thyroid cancer is a low risk cancer since very few patients will die from their cancer. More

Parathyroidectomy thyroiditis and thyrotoxicosis
Endocrine Today
A 60-year-old woman with no history of thyroid disease presented with tachycardia, hypertension and palpitations 11 days after undergoing a difficult resection of a 340 mg right parathyroid adenoma for primary hyperparathyroidism. More

Feinstein fights methyl iodide crop fumigant
San Francisco Chronicle
Sen. Dianne Feinstein recently weighed in against the use of methyl iodide as a crop fumigant in California, saying she has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to "reconsider" its approval of the chemical.More

Cognitive function of elderly with subclinical hypothyroidism not improved with thyroxine replacement
Endocrine Today
Results of the Birmingham Elderly Thyroid Study showed no improvement in cognitive function for elderly patients with subclinical hypothyroidism who received thyroxine replacement. The double blind, randomized, controlled trial included 94 patients aged 65 years and older who had subclinical hypothyroidism. The patients were recruited from a screened population in the United Kingdom.More