Thyroid cancer is occasionally associated with hyperthyroidism. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most frequently reported histologic type followed by follicular thyroid carcinoma. Medullary ...

Blood tests are also used to monitor thyroid cancers. Medullary thyroid cancer accounts for around 5% of all thyroid cancer cases and is categorized into two types: sporadic (not inherited) and ...

After extensive surgery, calcitonin levels plummet in most patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) without lymph node metastases. Calcitonin, however, remains elevated in two-thirds of ...

More thyroid cancers were detected soon after starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist than other diabetes drugs, a secondary analysis of a target trial emulation of a comparative effectiveness study found.

Of note, a decreased risk for thyroid cancer was observed among female (HR, 0.62) vs male GLP-1 RA users (HR, 1.32). An analysis of medullary thyroid cancer was not possible due to the low number ...