Thyroid Cancer news

Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC): Overview

Thyroid carcinoma comprises 1% of all malignancies but is the commonest malignant endocrine tumour. Annual incidence in the…    

Statistics About Thyroid Cancer

The American Cancer Society estimates that a 48,020 new cases of thyroid cancer (36,550 in women, and 11,470…    

Key Statistics About Thyroid Cancer

The American Cancer Society’s most recent estimates for thyroid cancer in the United States are for 2010:

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Thyroid cancer on the rise

A little more than a year ago, Amber Skipper had no idea what the thyroid did. Then her…    

The Rising Incidence of Thyroid Cancer

It’s easy to crunch the numbers on thyroid cancer and assume it is a disease fast on the…    

Removal of lymph nodes during surgery for thyroid cancer may be beneficial

Papillary thyroid cancer accounts for the majority of all thyroid malignancies, which primarily impact women. A new study…    

BRAF addiction of thyroid cancers makes them therapeutically vulnerable

Papillary carcinoma is the most common form of thyroid cancer. Approximately one quarter of these carcinomas have mutations…    

Thyroid Cancer Treatment Varies by Hospital

Where thyroid cancer patients go for care plays a large role in whether they receive radioactive iodine treatment,…    

Overtreatment of thyroid cancer rampant: study

Researchers have found troubling signs that some doctors may be too quick to treat thyroid cancer patients with…    

Fighting cancer with cancer: Mayo Clinic finds promising use for thyroid cancer gene

A mutant gene long thought to accelerate tumor growth in thyroid cancer patients actually inhibits the spread of…    

Decades after Childhood Radiation, Thyroid Cancer a Concern

When children are exposed to head and neck radiation, whether due to cancer treatment or multiple diagnostic CT…    

Targeted Therapy Decreases Progression Rate In Thyroid Cancer

The drug pazopanib may help revolutionize the care of patients with metastatic, rapidly progressive differentiated thyroid cancers, say…    

Not all thyroid cancers need treatment: study

People with papillary thyroid cancer that hasn’t spread beyond the thyroid gland appear to have good outcomes…    

Thyroid Cancer Diagnoses Increasing

As overall cancer rates are declining in the United States, thyroid cancer counters the trend. It’s being diagnosed…    

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…