http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. 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. http://www.physorg.com/news176662195.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:02 EST news176662195 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. Thyroid is the official journal of the American Thyroid Association (ATA). http://www.physorg.com/news176652661.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:20:01 EST news176652661 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. http://www.physorg.com/news174245271.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:10:02 EST news174245271 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 American College of Surgeons. http://www.physorg.com/news169915708.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:00:05 EST news169915708 A medication that helps stop the growth of new blood vessels has produced dramatic benefits for some patients with aggressive thyroid cancer, research from Mayo Clinic indicates. http://www.physorg.com/news161604248.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 11:05:18 EST news161604248 The prevalence of benign thyroid nodules is high and there are certain ultrasound features, suggesting malignancy, that can help radiologists determine whether or not a biopsy is needed, according to a study performed at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA. http://www.physorg.com/news159704881.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:28:31 EST news159704881 Health authorities in Spain said Wednesday they had authorised the genetic screening of pre-implantation embryos to ensure they do not carry genes that might cause cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news159609905.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:05:34 EST news159609905 Patients with thyroid cancer who have previously been exposed to radiation -for example, in the workplace, through environmental exposure or for treatment of acne or another condition -appear to have more aggressive disease and tend to have worse outcomes in the long term, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news159474058.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:21:17 EST news159474058 Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that the experimental drug they are testing to treat a deadly form of thyroid cancer turns on a powerful tumor suppressor capable of halting cell growth. Few other cancer drugs have this property, they say. http://www.physorg.com/news151652715.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:45:43 EST news151652715 In a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly after surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news150115125.html Medicine & Health Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:38:45 EST news150115125 Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news139203973.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:46:13 EST news139203973 Thyroid cancer that has spread to distant sites has a poor prognosis, but an experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation can slow disease progression in some patients, a research team led by investigators from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the July 3rd edition of The New England Journal of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news134302717.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:18:37 EST news134302717