Head and Neck Cancers (Issue 3)

TKIs have been an invaluable addition to the treatment of thyroid cancers, including medullary thyroid cancer, but adverse events must be effectively monitored and managed.

Advances in molecular testing have enabled families of those with thyroid cancers to determine whether or not they may be at increased risk for developing thyroid cancer.

With appropriate treatment, individuals with thyroid cancer have good odds for survival—the 5-year survival rate is 98%. Many factors influence the risk of survival after thyroid cancer is diagnosed.

Carrie C. Lubitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the diagnosis of thyroid cancer.

Each year approximately 63,000 persons in the US will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer, placing it among the top 10 most common cancers in the country.

Keith C. Bible, MD, PhD, professor of oncology, Mayo Clinic, discusses the challenges associated with treating patients with follicular cell-derived thyroid carcinoma.

Over the past few decades, the annual incidence of OPSCC has increased sharply in several countries, including in the United States.

Lily Kwatampora, MD, discusses the relationship between body composition and targeted therapies in patients with thyroid cancer.