Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public

Volume 18

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^®.

In this issue Volume 18 Issue 6, the studies ask the following questions:

• Does surgery without radioactive iodine therapy affect outcomes in low-risk thyroid cancer?
• Does radioactive iodine therapy change outcomes in low-to-intermediate risk papillary thyroid cancers?
• How do additional high-risk features change patient survival for large thyroid cancers?
• Can lobectomy be enough surgery for treatment of medullary thyroid cancer?
• Can Graves’ disease be treated with just medication?
• Does the addition of low-dose methotrexate improve remission rates in Graves’ disease?

In this issue Volume 18 Issue 5, the studies ask the following questions:

• What are the challenges to providing thyroid cancer care in rural areas?
• Does radioactive iodine therapy for Graves’ disease increase the risk for thyroid cancer?
• What is the effect of age on the frequency of subclinical hypothyroidism?
• Why do we keep thyroid hormone going when it might be time to stop?
• Is it safe to do a smaller surgery for thyroid cancer?
• Can hyperthyroidism cause by an overactive thyroid nodule be treated with RFA?

Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public Past Issues

2014 – 2024

2011 – 2013

2008 – 2010

Editor
Alan P. Farwell, MD, FACE
Boston Medical Center
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Editorial Board
Gary Bloom, New York, NY
Maria Brito, MD, Dallas, TX
Susana Ebner, MD, New York, NY
Alina Gavrila, MD, MMSC, Boston, MA
Poorani Goundan, MD, San Francisco
Shirin Haddady, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Sun Lee, MD, Boston, MA
Joanna Miragaya, MD, Holly Springs, GA
Jason D. Prescott, MD PhD, New York, NY
Marjorie Safran, MD, Worcester, MA
Phillip Segal, MD, Toronto, ON, Canada
Vibhavasu Sharma, MD, Albany, NY
Pinar Smith, MD, Chicago, IL
Ebru Sulanc, MD , Detroit, MI
Whitney Woodmansee, MD, Gainesville, FL

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