Clinical Thyroidology for Patients

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 6

Differentiated Thyroid Cancer June Awareness Month

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Clinical Thyroidology for the Public Volume 9 Issue 6 (PDF file, 3.74 MB)

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Editor’s Comments

THYROID CANCER Thyroid cancer in children near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown
Suzuki S et Comprehensive survey results of childhood thyroid ultrasound examinations in Fukushima in the first four years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Thyroid. 2016 Apr 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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THYROID CANCER BRAFV600E Mutation in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma as recurrence risk factor
Andersen SL et al. Antithyroid drug side effects in the population and in pregnancy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. January 27, 2016
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THYROID CANCER Gene mutations and papillary thyroid cancer
Lin JD et al . Clinical manifestations and gene expression in patients with conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma carrying the BRAFV600E mutation and BRAF pseudogene. Thyroid. March 30, 2016 [Epub ahead of print].
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HYPOTHYROIDISM Obese patients with hypothyroidism may require adjustments of levothyroxine after bariatric surgery
Fierabracci P et al. Weight loss and variation of levothyroxine requirements in hypothyroid obese patients after bariatric surgery. Thyroid. March 16, 2016 [Epub ahead of print].
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GRAVES’ DISEASE Predicting Graves’ Disease recurrence
Vos XG et al. Predicting the Risk of Recurrence Before the Start of Antithyroid Drug Therapy in Patients with Graves’ Hyperthyroidism. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2016. 101 (4): 1381-1389.
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