Thyroid Cancer

Studies analyzing four molecular tests commonly used to assess malignancy in thyroid nodules have high sensitivity despite several limitations, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

In this video, Jonathan Wadsley, MA, MRCP, FRCR, a consultant clinical oncologist at Weston Park Hospital in Sheffield, U.K., discussed financial toxicity associated with thyroid cancer diagnosis.

In this video, Jonathan Wadsley, MA, MRCP, FRCR, discussed a symposium on immunotherapy titled "Tumor/immune environment in thyroid cancer: Its exploitation in immunotherapy" given at the American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting.

In this video, Jonathan Wadsley, MA, MRCP, FRCR, a consultant clinical oncologist at Weston Park Hospital in Sheffield, U.K., discussed important presentations on thyroid cancer given at the American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting.

Cabozantinib combined with nivolumab and ipilimumab was "reasonably well tolerated," though it did not display an efficacy advantage over monotherapy, Bhavana Konda, MD, MPH, said in an interview with Healio.

In an afternoon Middle Clinical Experience teaching session, in the fall of 2018, I was sitting in the corner of the exam room watching the two students interviewing the simulated patient.

Active surveillance of newly diagnosed thyroid cancer appeared to be a viable alternative to surgery for certain patients with low-risk disease, results of a prospective trial published in JAMA Oncology showed

Among children with thyroid nodules, those with autoimmune thyroiditis have a higher risk for developing thyroid cancer compared with those without autoimmune thyroiditis, according to a study published in Thyroid.

Two widely used risk stratification systems for determining whether thyroid nodules should undergo fine-needle aspiration have a specificity of less than 30%, according to study results published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Men appeared to have a higher risk for cancer than women at most shared anatomic sites, according to study results published in Cancer.