Researchers seek to improve upon risk stratification for patients with aggressive thyroid cancer.
Cleveland Clinic Led Study Shows Bariatric Surgery Reduces Risk of Cancer
A multicenter cohort study of patients with obesity suggests a decreased risk of developing new obesity-related cancers in patients with a history of bariatric surgery.
Advanced Thyroid Cancer: Combined Transcervical and Transthoracic Surgical Approaches
A new study indicates that the combined approaches can be performed without mortality and with acceptable morbidity.
Data Point to Progress in Treating Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Newly published data from Cleveland Clinic’s 21-year experience treating ATCs provide reasons for optimism in the current era of targeted and immune therapies.
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Advances in Aggressive Thyroid Cancer Treatment
The Director of Head & Neck Endocrine Surgery at Cleveland Clinic’s Head & Neck Institute discusses how the department is contributing to the future of thyroid cancer care.
Study Finds a High Rate of Intra- and Post-operative Conversions to Total Thyroidectomy
Treatment decisions for indeterminate nodules can be challenging, as evidenced by a new study that finds a high rate of intra or post-operative conversion from unilateral thyroid lobectomy to complete thyroidectomy. Endocrine surgeon Allan Siperstein, MD, explains the implications of his research.
Resection Surgery for Advanced Thyroid Cancers
A multidisciplinary approach in preoperative planning and postoperative management is necessary to improve outcomes for patients with more advanced thyroid cancer.
Chest X-ray Prior to Thyroidectomy: Is It Really Needed?
Team in the Cleveland Clinic Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute conducts a study to look at the clinical usefulness of chest X-rays before thyroidectomy.
Rarely Studied Gene USF3 Plays Role in Predisposition to Thyroid Cancer
This study of a family with Cowden Syndrome and thyroid cancer revealed the role of USF3 and potential therapeutic breakthroughs.
Overdiagnosis of Thyroid Cancer Leading to Unnecessary Interventions
A Cleveland Clinic expert on thyroid tumors weighs in on the increasing number of thyroid cancer diagnoses. He offers recommendations on when to order diagnostic tests and highlights the need for better testing.