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350,000 Thyroid Cancer Patients Living in the U.S. with 35,000+ New Diagnoses Each Year; Early Detection Through Asking Your Doctor to Check Your Neck is Key NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EHE International and The Light of Life Foundation (LOL) for Thyroid Cancer (www.checkyourneck.com) are pleased to announce the unveiling of a window display at Rockefeller Center reminding Americans to "Check Your Neck" for thyroid cancer. The window will prominently feature images...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The results are in. After a phase 2 trial, 49 percent of patients with advanced differentiated thyroid cancers responded to treatment using a drug designed to stop tumor blood vessel growth. The name of drug that has shown the highest response of any treatment to date for advanced thyroid cancer: pazopanib. The estimated time two-thirds of these patients are likely to have a response to the drug: 1 year or longer. With the incidence of thyroid cancer...
People living in volcanic areas may be at a higher risk for thyroid cancer, according to a new study published online November 5 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.The increasing incidence of thyroid cancer has been attributed to more sensitive screening, but recent evidence indicates that this may not be the only cause. Various environmental factors, such as those associated with volcanoes, have not been excluded as risk factors.To study this, Gabriella Pellegriti, M.D., Ph.D.,...
The American Thyroid Association has released new, revised Management Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. The new guidelines are published in Thyroid, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com). Thyroid is the official journal of the American Thyroid Association (ATA). The ATA's revised Management Guidelines and accompanying editorials are available free online at www.liebertpub.com/thyThe ATA...
NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EHE International and the Light of Life Foundation (LOL) for thyroid cancer (www.checkyourneck.com) are pleased to announce the unveiling of a window display at Rockefeller Center reminding Americans to "Check Your Neck" for thyroid cancer. The window will prominently feature images from the LOL's public awareness campaign featuring survivors of the disease. "Awareness is the key to early diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer," said Joan Shey...
WAYNE, N.J. and EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) today announced the companies have begun enrolling patients in an international Phase 3 trial to evaluate Nexavar® (sorafenib) tablets for the treatment of patients with radioactive iodine-refractory, locally advanced or metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer. This Phase 3 trial was started based on the results from Phase 2 clinical...
Leptin, a molecule linked with obesity, may play a crucial role in predicting poor prognosis from thyroid cancer, at least in the Middle Eastern region of the world, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting."Leptin receptor expression may be a useful molecular marker in predicting the level of aggression of Middle Eastern thyroid cancer that can help guide treatment options and follow-up care," said lead...
Yonsei University College of Medicine surgeons in Korea say they have treated 200 thyroid cancer patients with a new robot-assisted endoscopic technique. The medical scientists said the minimally invasive operation, which has several technical and cosmetic benefits the traditional open operation does not offer, has been delayed in head and neck surgery due to deep anatomical space and delicate nerves and blood vessels in those areas. This innovative robot-assisted technique for thyroid...
Journal of the American College of Surgeons study cites safer and easier operation with less scarring Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, has successfully treated 200 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer. The minimally invasive operation, which has several technical and cosmetic benefits that the traditional open operation does not offer, is described in the August issue of the Journal of the...
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A new effort to examine the link between nuclear reactors and thyroid disease near NYC was made at Croton on Hudson, during this year's Clearwater Festival. The festival is held just downstream from Indian Point, the oldest operating nuclear reactor in the U.S. In keeping with Clearwater's commitment to a clean environment, it stepped up by permitting testing for elevated Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH), the first clinical indicator of...
