Upcoming Patient Meetings
Thyroid Disease and You
Sponsored by the ATA Alliance for Patient Educaton
Saturday October 14, 2006 1-4 p.m
Sheraton Wild Horse Pass & Spa
Phoenix, Arizona
Reservations Requested, Walk-ins Welcome
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9th International Thyroid Cancer Survivors’
Conference
Sponsored by ThyCa:
Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
Free support groups, awareness materials, and education
October 27-29, 2006
Orlando, Florida
Sheraton World
10100 International Drive
Orlando, Florida 32821
Phone: 1-877-588-7904
For more information visit: www.thyca.org
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Can thyroid disease
be cured?
This is a difficult question to answer due to
the differences between the ideas of “treatment”
vs. “cure”. All thyroid diseases can be treated,
resulting in normal thyroid function. However, this frequently
requires being on medication to maintain the normal thyroid
state.
For example, most patients with thyroid cancer can be cured
through surgery and radioactive iodine treatments (see Thyroid
Cancer brochure). While their cancer is cured, the curative
treatment results in hypothyroidism requiring thyroid hormone
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Thyroid Research
Thyroid Digest by Robert D. Utiger, M.D.
Highlights
from July 2006 Thyroid Digest
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