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Thyroid Cancer: The Basics
What is the Thyroid? The thyroid gland is located on the anterior aspect (front) of the neck. It can be felt just below the thyroid cartilage, or "Adam's apple". It is a butterfly shaped organ that stretches across the midline of the neck just below the Adam's apple, with its "wings" spreading superiorly (towards the head) on either side of the Adam's apple. These "wings" are called the lobes of the thyroid, with the portion extending across midline called the isthmus. As an endocrine gland, the thyroid gland produces, stores, and secretes the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) into the bloodstream. The thyroid does this as a response to a hormone produced by the pituitary gland called thyroid stimulating hormone, or TSH. When the thyroid gland is "turned on" by TSH, it increases its uptake of iodine, which is required to make thyroid hormone. The principal ... read more on Thyroid Cancer: The Basics
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2011 Focus on Thyroid Cancer Conference - Videos
Videos from the Abramson Cancer Center's patient conference. The Focus On Thyroid Cancer Conference is a full day designed to address the personal and medical issues facing those with thyroid cancer; including those in treatment, survivors, their...
My Story, Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma
I am a survivor. All it takes is some ignorant person who states They want "to get injured or sick to get benefits from the government" to make me realize this. I am active duty navy, and was treated for thyroid papillary carcinoma last June. My...
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Head & Neck: Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and NeckOnline access for Head & Neck journal...
Thyroid Cancer News
Oct 9, 2009 - Leptin, a molecule typically associated with obesity, has been shown to be overproduced in thyroid cancers and is associated with more aggressive disease and poorer prognosis, according to a Middle Eastern study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting, held from Oct. 8 to 11 in Boston.
Jul 14, 2009 - The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer increased in recent decades, with patterns indicating the rise was not merely due to increased detection, according to research published online July 13 in Cancer.
Apr 22, 2009 - In patients with thyroid cancer, increased radiation exposure is associated with poorer outcomes, according to a study published in the April issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery.
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Radioactive iodine (I-131) Therapy for Thyroid Cancer
Overview of I-131 therapy for thyroid cancer treatment.
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NCI CANCERLIT® Search: Thyroid Cancer - October 2001
Multicentre study of thyroid nodules in patients with Graves' disease. Multicentre study of thyroid nodules in patients with Graves' disease (Br J Surg 2000; 87: 1111-13). An immunohistochemical analysis of cyclin D1, p53, and p21waf1/cip1 ...
NCI CANCERLIT® Search: Thyroid Cancer - September 2001
Table of ContentsAnalysis of the results of phase III controlled clinical trials with recombinant human thyrotropin: developing a clinical guide.Role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of thyroid cancer.Management of thyroid...
NCI CANCERLIT® Search: Thyroid Cancer - April 2002
Is there any consensus in diagnostic and operative strategy with respect to medullary thyroid cancer? A questionnaire answered by 73 endocrine Follicular adenoma with papillary architecture: a lesion mimicking papillary thyroid carcinoma....
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