Thyroid Cancer news

Prevalence of Thyroid Cancer Rises Sharply

As seen on “NBC Nightly News” Monday, December 21, the thyroid cancer rate is rising rapidly, especially among…    

Thyroid cancer a risk after childhood cancer

Childhood cancer survivors are 18 times more likely to develop thyroid cancer than the general population, UK researchers…    

ATA Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Updates

During the American Thyroid Association’s (ATA) 80th Annual Meeting September 23-27, 2009, held at The Breakers Hotel in…    

Thyroid Cancer Increasing, Scientists Don’t Know Why

It’s a medical mystery that has been developing for at least a decade: thyroid cancer—not breast, prostate, lung,…    

Researchers discover atomic bomb effect results in adult-onset thyroid cancer

Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some…    

Thyroid cancer patients at risk of second cancer

After treatment for thyroid cancer, patients may face a slightly increased risk of developing a second primary malignancy…    

Early detection critical in treating pediatric thyroid cancer

Efforts to treat pediatric papillary thyroid cancer are greatly improved by detecting the disease as early as possible,…    

Office-Based Procedure Adequate for the Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer

Ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration (US FNA) biopsy of the thyroid gland is an established diagnostic test that is…    

Thyroid cancer treatment may be overly aggressive

Thyroid cancers that are clinically insignificant - and may never cause serious disease—may be treated too aggressively in…    

Thyroid cancer among women in the U.S. has increased

The number of new cases of thyroid cancer among women in the U.S. has increased over the past…    

Increase in Thyroid Cancer in U.S. Attributed to Improved Early Detection

Although the incidence of thyroid cancer has more than doubled in the past 30 years, the rise is…