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 11, the studies ask the following questions:

• Does the final dose before stopping methimazole affect remission in Graves’ disease?
• Do statins affect the onset of thyroid eye disease in patients with Graves’ disease?
• Do patients need to have normal thyroid hormone levels before undergoing surgery for hyperthyroidism?
• Should all thyroid cancer patients be treated with thyroid hormone suppression after surgery?
• Does hypothyroidism in the mother during pregnancy affect the baby’s growth?
• Are all thyroid ultrasounds necessary?

In this issue Volume 18 Issue 10, the studies ask the following questions:

• Does my RET mutation put me at higher risk for medullary thyroid cancer?
• What is the right surgery for medullary thyroid cancer?
• Do the newer calcitonin assays result in a change in surgical decision-making in medullary thyroid carcinoma?
• Who really needs radioactive iodine therapy for thyroid cancer?
• How effective is microwave ablation for treating small, low-risk thyroid cancers?
• What are the risk factors associated with postoperative hypoparathyroidism?

Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public Past Issues

2014 – 2025

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, Boston, MA
Alina Gavrila, MD, MMSC, Boston, MA
Poorani Goundan, MD, San Francisco
Sun Lee, MD, Boston, MA
Joanna Miragaya, MD, Atlanta, 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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