Thyroid News

Multifocal disease is not linked to a greater risk of recurrence or mortality for children and adolescents with papillary thyroid carcinoma, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Adults with postoperative hypoparathyroidism after thyroid cancer are less likely to sustain a fracture compared with those with preserved parathyroid function, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Levothyroxine therapy may help decrease tumor growth for adults with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma who are undergoing active surveillance, according to a study published in Thyroid.

Adults diagnosed with Graves’ disease who received vitamin D supplementation had a similar remission rate as people who did not receive a supplement, according to a study published in Thyroid.

VRDN-001 demonstrated positive preliminary results in the treatment of chronic thyroid eye disease in an ongoing phase 1/2 clinical trial, according to a press release from Viridian Therapeutics.

Exposure to some types of endocrine-disrupting chemicals may lead to alterations in thyroid function for reproductive-aged women, according to a study published in Toxics.

Women with low-risk papillary thyroid cancer are more fearful of undergoing a thyroidectomy compared with men, according to findings from a single-center study published in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.

Patients treated with levothroxine are more likely to experience a reduction in quadricep muscle mass, which may increase the risk for knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

CHICAGO — Using three different statistical models, researchers determined that exposure to individual and a combination of 20 dioxins negatively affects thyroid function, according to a presenter at ENDO 2023.

There have been several changes in the management of low-risk thyroid cancer in recent years, but researchers are still trying to answer what level of surveillance is appropriate for patients.