FDA Approves Retevmo for Some Adults and Children With Thyroid Cancer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted traditional approval to Retevmo (selpercatinib) for the treatment of adult and...
Jun 20, 2024
FDA Approves Retevmo for RET-Positive Pediatric Cancers
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an accelerated approval to Retevmo (selpercatinib) for the children aged two and older...
Jun 6, 2024
Cranial Radiotherapy Predisposes Pediatric Cancer Survivors to Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism and hypogonadism are likely among cranial radiotherapy-treated survivors of childhood-onset acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
Oct 31, 2023
Previous Cancer Not Seen to Raise Thyroid Surgery Risks for Children
Children successfully treated for a cancer who undergo thyroid surgery for a secondary thyroid disease have a similar risk of surgical ...
Jun 20, 2022
RAI Treatment in DTC Survivors Associated With Increased Risk of Other Cancers
Increased risks of several solid tumors found to be associated with radioactive iodine treatment for patients with childhood and ...
May 9, 2022
Surveillance Caught Thyroid Cancers Early in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Regular ultrasound surveillance of the thyroid revealed that about 7% of adult childhood cancer survivors who had radiation to the head...
Jan 22, 2016
Thyroid, kidney cancers rise slightly in U.S. kids
Children's kidney and thyroid cancers have increased in recent years, and though the diseases are rare, experts wonder if the rising...
Sep 8, 2014
Risks for Development of Secondary Thyroid Cancer Identified
Thyroid carcinomas account for almost 10% of all second malignant neoplasms. This study assessed a variety of risk factors for the...
Jul 2, 2014
Risk model may predict thyroid cancer in childhood cancer survivors
A model that accounts for self-reported risk factors, as well as basic radiation and chemotherapy information, predicted thyroid cancer...
Dec 5, 2012