Recent Research Studies

Thyroid Cancer Canada lists the following studies, journal articles and news summaries that may be of interest to you.  Please contact the author(s) of the individual study, if you require more details.

 

Incidence and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer, based on Patients’ Geographic Location in Canada

 

Regional Differences in Opinions on Adjuvant Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Thyroid Carcinoma within Canada and the United States, Sawka et al, 2007

Rural Canadians More Likely to Have a Large Tumour at Time of Diagnosis. Hall et al (presented at World Congress on Thyroid Cancer 2009)

Possible Link Between Living Near a Nuclear Power Plant and Thyroid Cancer Incidence?

 

Diagnosis

What are the Implications of Microcalcifications on Nodules (as seen in U/S)?

What are the implications of “Atypical Cells in FNA”?

What Important Variables Determine LIkelihood of Thyroid Cancer in a FNA?

You are Not More Likely to Have a Recurrence if Your Thyroid Cancer was Diagnosed While You Were Pregnant.

 

Surgery

High Risk Patients Should be Given More Days in Hospital-based Recovery

Is It Important to Have a Total Thyroidectomy (vs. a Partial Thyroidectomy)?

Does a Central Compartment Neck Dissection (removal of lymph nodes) Help Prevent Recurrence?

Patients Have Better Surgical Outcomes With High-Volume Surgeons

 

Surgery, Including Neck Dissection

What Defines the "Central" Neck, in a Central Neck Dissection?

Current Trends in Neck Dissections

Literature Review Regarding Neck Dissections

Relevance of "Skip Metastases"-- that is, Positive Lymph Nodes in a Discontinuous Pattern (eg. negative in central compartment, but positive in lateral compartment)

 

Treatment - General

Does A Highly Suppressed TSH Put Patients at Increased Risk of Bone Loss?

TSH Stimulation with Thyrogen is as Effective as Hypothyroid Preparation for RAI

Pregnancy Factors related to Thyroid Cancer diagnosis and treatment -- ATA Guidelines

 

Treatment - RAI

Decison Aid -- A website that will help patients decide if they require RAI

First Findings of the Decison Aid (as descibed above)

  ATA Guidelines for Post-RAI Precautions

NRC Guidance (re: releasing patients following RAI treatment)

Survey of Clinicians about their RAI Safety Recommendations to Patients

Commentary about the Safety Recommendations (above) : by Richard Kloos, MD

Do Low Risk Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (DTC) Require RAI Treatment?

 

Follow Up

More TgAB interference in Tg tests than is realized

Dr. Walfish's Protocol for Follow Up of DTC

Levothyroxine dosage bioequivilancy study

 

LID Studies

How Long Should a Patient be on the LID? Morsch et al, 2011

How Long Should a Patient be on the LID?  Park et al, 2004

 

Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Patients With the Inherited Form of MTC are at no Greater Risk Than Other MTC patients