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, FACE
Volume 8 Issue 11
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HYPOTHYROIDISM Should women with subclinical hypothyroidism receive thyroid hormone replacement prior to and during pregnancy?
Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Subclinical hypothyroidism in the infertile female population: a guideline. Fertil Steril 2015;104:545-53.
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THYROID CANCER Preoperative ultrasound can help predict recurrence risk in patients with papillary thyroid cancer
Kim SY et al. Association of preoperative US features and recurrence in patients with classic papillary thyroid carcinoma. Radiology. 2015;277(2):574-583.
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THYROID NODULES Hürthle-Cell Nodules classified as suspicious by the Afirma gene expression classifier had a low cancer rate
Brauner E et al. Performance of the Afirma gene expression classifier in Hürthle cell thyroid nodules differs from other indeterminate thyroid nodules. Thyroid 2015;25:789-96. Epub June 4, 2015.
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THYROID CANCER Lenvatinib is effective in advanced medullary thyroid cancer
Schlumberger M et al. A phase 2 trial of the multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor lenvatinib (E7080) in advanced medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). Clin Cancer Res. August 26, 2015 [Epub ahead of print].
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THYROID CANCER Genetic influence on outcomes in thyroid cancer
Yip L et al. Tumor genotype determines phenotype and disease-related outcomes in thyroid cancer: a study of 1510 patients. Ann Surg 2015;262:519-25.
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