Thyroid News

Adults with Graves’ disease do not have an increased risk for an osteoporosis-related fracture later in life compared with those without Graves’ disease, according to data from a retrospective study published in Thyroid.

MADRID — Selpercatinib improved outcomes compared with cabozantinib or vandetanib for treatment of RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer, according to randomized phase 3 study results presented at ESMO Congress.

It is not uncommon for endocrinologists to treat adults with both diabetes and thyroid disease.

Men and women who developed thyroid cancer after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster had a significantly higher incidence of secondary solid tumors, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who had lower levels of free triiodothyronine were 53% more likely to experience sudden cardiac death and were at nearly fourfold greater risk for worsening HF, data show.

Women who have a higher thyroid-stimulating hormone level early in pregnancy may have an increased risk for developing gestational diabetes, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Adults with low-risk thyroid cancer cite concerns about adverse outcomes, psychological distress and a negative response to their diagnosis as reasons they opted for surgery over active surveillance, according to study findings.

Adults may have an increased risk for new-onset or recurrent thyroid eye disease in the 28 days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Both teprotumumab and tocilizumab reduce inflammation and thyroid eye disease severity, including among adults who were nonresponders to steroid treatment, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Adults who undergo thyroid cancer surgery at clinics performing five or fewer operations per year are more likely to have recurrence or persistent disease than those attending higher-volume centers, according to study data.