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Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD, on Thyroid Cancer: Expert Perspective on the State of the Field
Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco, discusses some of the latest developments in thyroid cancer, including the mutational landscape, therapies for high-risk and anaplastic diseases, and multimodalities for aggressive differentiated thyroid cancers.
Lori J. Wirth, MD, on Advanced Thyroid Carcinoma: Evolving Systemic Therapy Options
Lori J. Wirth, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, discusses the common molecular alterations across thyroid cancer subtypes; targeted treatments for BRAF V600E–mutant, NTRK–fusion positive, and RET–altered disease; and optimal therapies for patients with multiple types of thyroid...
Lauren P. Wallner, PhD, MPH, on Thyroid Cancer: Reducing Overtreatment With Radioactive Iodine
Lauren P. Wallner, PhD, MPH, of the University of Michigan, discusses her findings from a population-based study, which showed that many patients believe they had no choice about whether or not to receive radioactive iodine, even though it often does not improve survival. There is a need, she says, ...
Dong Wook Shin, MD, DrPH, MBA, on Thyroid Cancer: Risk of Side Effects
Dong Wook Shin, MD, DrPH, MBA, of Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, discusses the risk of coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke in patients with thyroid cancer taking levothyroxine (Abstract 105).
Dana Barnea, MD, on Screening Survivors for Thyroid Cancer
Dana Barnea, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses data that suggest annual palpation of the thyroid is an adequate and safe means of screening childhood and young adult cancer survivors, a population at high risk for this type of cancer (Abstract 254).
