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Complication rates remain high in pregnant hypothyroid women despite early normalization of TSH Endocrine Today Share    
Significant complications persist in pregnant hypothyroid women despite normalization of serum thyroid-stimulating hormone early in pregnancy, compared with pregnant hypothyroid women taking replacement therapy and women who were euthyroid at conception, Jorge H. Mestman, MD, and colleagues found. More Graves' disease, Agent Orange exposure linked in veterans Endocrine Today Share
Exposure to Agent Orange, the defoliant used during the Vietnam War, appears to be an important predictor of Graves' disease in veterans. Results of a study presented here at the International Thyroid Congress showed that Vietnam War-era veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange have three times the prevalence of Graves' disease compared with unexposed veterans. More Improvement in QOL essential for survivors of pediatric medulloblastoma HemOnc Today Share
Medulloblastoma accounts for about 15 percent of pediatric brain tumors, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology. About 20 to 25 years ago, the survival rate for children with medulloblastoma at 5 years was somewhere in the 40 percent to 50 percent range, according to Roger J. Packer, MD, professor of neurology and pediatrics and senior vice president of neuroscience at The Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. More
Is lower thyroid activity linked to longevity? Reuters Share
A less active thyroid may mean more years added to your life, hints a new Dutch study. However, the researchers emphasize that the finding, which builds on prior evidence touting the possible link, still does not prove that decreased thyroid function is the fountain of youth -- it may just be related to something else that is. More Late simultaneous metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the submandibular and thyroid glands seven years after radical nephrectomy UroToday Share
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastasis to the salivary glands is extremely rare. Most cases reported previously have involved the parotid gland and only six cases involving the submandibular gland exist in the current literature. Metastasis of RCC to thyroid gland is also rare but appears to be more common than to salivary glands. More McGill doctors administer anesthesia from Montreal -- all the way to Italy The Vancouver Sun Share
A team from Montreal's McGill University has pioneered a medical first by administering anesthesia via remote teleconferencing for surgery that was taking place in Pisa, Italy. More New data suggest veracyte's molecular test improves accuracy of thyroid nodule diagnosis using fine needle aspirate (FNA) samples PR Newswire Share
Veracyte, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company pioneering the emerging field of molecular cytology, announced that initial data from its large-scale, prospective, multi-center clinical trial were presented at the 14th International Thyroid Congress, held in Paris. More Patients with very low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma treated with total or near-total thyroidectomy rarely have persistent or recurrent disease and likely do not require adjuvant radioiodine therapy Clinical Thyroidology Share
For the past three decades, the incidence of thyroid cancer has been steadily rising worldwide and the vast majority of it (80 percent) is papillary thyroid cancer. Approximately half of these tumors are 10 mm or less and are designated as papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). Despite the small size of these tumors (≤1 cm), there has been considerable controversy concerning their management. More Thyroid status link to fracture risk Irish Medical Times Share
Healthy postmenopausal women with thyroid function near the upper limit of normal are at an elevated risk for low bone mineral density and therefore fractures, research shows. The study of over 2,000 women found that over six years of follow-up, higher levels of free thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) were associated with significantly lower BMD at the hip, and higher free T4 was associated with increasing bone loss at the hip. More Thyroid-cancer shuffle: it's like a board game, but without any of the fun The Globe and Mail Share
The wait times for diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer in Canada are among the longest in the western world, according to a new study. The data, presented at the International Thyroid Conference in Paris, found that waits of up to a year are not at all unusual. More Vandetanib efficacious in medullary thyroid cancer Endocrine Today Share
Vandetanib, a once-daily selective oral inhibitor of RET, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor and epidermal growth factor receptor signaling, prolonged PFS in patients with medullary thyroid cancer compared with placebo, according to phase 3 data. More |
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