Large thyroid nodules in asymptomatic patients show malignancy and false-negative rates on fine needle aspiration (FNA) that are similar to those of small nodules, suggesting that nodule size alone ...

Levothyroxine, a drug used to treat hypothyroidism, can lead to reduced bone mass and density in older adults with normal thyroid levels, a small cohort study has shown. Researchers from Johns Hopkins ...

Study finds up to 94% of papillary thyroid cancers in the past three decades were overdiagnosed, with stable mortality rates, ...

Accurately diagnosing thyroid function is critical to avoid harms of unnecessary treatment. This study found that age-, sex-, and race-specific reference intervals reclassified nearly half of patients ...

January is Thyroid Awareness Month. This month was created to raise awareness about thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer. So, what is a thyroid? The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in the neck that ...

“Poorly differentiated” refers to cancer cells that have more abnormalities and look less like normal cancer cells. Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer is uncommon, accounting for fewer than 5% of ...

In cancer terminology, "well-differentiated" means the cancer cells resemble the normal cells from which they grew. Well-differentiated cancers grow more slowly and have a better prognosis than ...