Clinical Thyroidology for the Public Volume 9 Issue 12

Clinical Thyroidology for the Public summarizes selected research studies discussed in the previous month’s issue of Clinical Thyroidology, an official publication of the American Thyroid Association. Editor-in-chief, Alan Farwell, MD, FACE

Volume 9 Issue 12

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THYROID CANCER Estrogen status is not associated with increased thyroid cancer risk among postmenopausal women
Luo J et al. Hysterectomy, oophorectomy, and risk of thyroid cancer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016;101:3812-9. Epub July 26, 2016.
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THYROID DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY Abnormal thyroid function is associated with disability risk, but not with increased risk of death, in individuals 85 years of age or older
Pearce SH et al Serum thyroid function, mortality and disability in advanced old age: the Newcastle 85+ study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016. August 23, 2016 [Epub ahead of print].
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HYPOTHYROIDISM AND HYPERTHYROIDISM Thyroid dysfunction and risk of death in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis
Rhee CM et al. Thyroid Functional Disease and Mortality in a National Peritoneal Dialysis Cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Nov;101(11):4054-4061.
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THYROID CANCER Ultrasound monitoring of indeterminate neck lesions is safe in some cases of thyroid cancer
Lamartina L et al. Risk stratification of neck lesions detected sonographically during the follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016;1013036-44. Epub May 17, 2016.
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THYROID CANCER Prevalence of thyroid cancer found in autopsy studies has not increased since 1970
Furuya-Kanamori L et al. Prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer in autopsy studies over six decades: a metaanalysis. J Clin Oncol. September 6, 2016 [Epub ahead of print].
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THYROID CANCER Sorafenib may offer benefits as a second-line treatment of metastatic medullary thyroid cancer
de Castroneves LA et al Sorafenib for the Treatment of progressive metastatic medullary thyroid cancer: efficacy and safety analysis. Thyroid 2016;26:414-9. Epub February 9, 2016.
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