By: Kerry Dooley Young From: medscape.com Radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment for hyperthyroidism was associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer but not with an overall increase in cancer incidence or mortality, a new study found. Researchers analyzed data from the University of Michigan’s de-identified database, examining cancer diagnoses among patients treated for hyperthyroidism between January 1, 2006, and December …
Drug targeting BRAF mutation slows thyroid cancer, too
Provided by: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania From: medicalxpress.com In the era of precision medicine, targeting the mutations driving cancer growth, rather than the tumor site itself, continues to be a successful approach for some patients. In the latest example, researchers from Penn Medicine and other institutions found that treating metastatic thyroid cancer patients harboring a …