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
Volume 8 Issue 4
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AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE Thyroid antibodies are frequently detected in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Benvenga S, et al. Serum thyroid hormone autoantibodies in type 1 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Endocrinol Metab [Epub ahead of print]
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THYROID EYE DISEASE Cholesterol lowering medications and thyroidectomy may reduce the risk of thyroid eye disease
Stein JD et al. Risk factors for developing thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy among individuals with Graves disease. JAMA Ophthalmol. December 11, 2014 [epub]
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THYROID CANCER BRAF V600 mutations are common but may not predict survival in thyroid cancer
Niederer-Wüst S et al. Impact of clinical risk scores and BRAF V600E mutation status on outcome in papillary thyroid cancer. Surgery 2015;157:119-25.
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THYROID CANCER Higher initial doses of radioactive iodine therapy for thyroid cancer may decrease recurrence and improve long-term survival in older patients
Verburg FA et al. Long-term survival in differentiated thyroid cancer is worse after low activity initial post-surgical 131I therapy in both high- and low-risk patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014;99:4487-96
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THYROID CANCER Survival prognosis in metastatic thyroid cancer
Wang LY et al. Multi-organ distant metastases confer worse disease-specific survival in differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid. September 24, 2014 [Epub ahead of print].
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