Recently the American Thyroid Association (ATA) released the third version of one of the
most cited differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) guidelines under the title B2015 American …

Dear Sir, In recent years there has been much debate regarding whether we should use the
term Btheranostics^ or Btheragnostics^. Both have a long history of use [1, 2] and it is …

A widely discussed topic in the pathophysiology of thyroid nodules is the role of obesity, a
state that leads to increased systemic inflammatory markers. Leptin plays a vital role in forming …

The Nuclear Medicine Global Initiative was formed in 2012 by 13 international organizations
to promote human health by advancing the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging …

Purpose. To systematically review clinical studies examining the effectiveness of
nonpharmacological methods to prevent/minimize salivary gland damage due to radioiodine …

Objective. To determine the prevalence of lymph node (LN) metastasis and extrathyroidal
extension (ETE) in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) in Cyprus and to …

text and comments) in many aspects represents a significant advance and update from previous
guidelines on MTC published by the ATA as well as other societies [1, 3]. Nevertheless, …

Purpose We determined the reasons for radioiodine thyroid remnant ablation, and the
procedure’s necessity based on postsurgical remnant size, in patients with putatively “low–…

Over the last few decades, thyroid cancer incidence has had a significant increase. Despite
well-known genetic and epigenetic factors (radiation, overdiagnosis, already existing benign …

Purpose Typically formulated by investigators from “world centres of excellence,” differentiated
thyroid carcinoma (DTC) management guidelines may have more limited applicability in …