IS GENE THERAPY A POSSIBLE TREATMENT FOR ANAPLASTIC THYROID CANCER?
Researchers have reported reduction of tumor size using retroviral gene therapy on an end-stage anaplastic thyroid cancer patient. (Read the full story in the print newsletter*). Source: Taccaliti, A., et. al., “Gene Therapy in End-Stage Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma,” Abstracts from the Goteborg, Sweden Meeting, Hot Thyroidology, European Thyroid Association, 2002 LOW-IODINE DIET: YES OR NO? For years, docs have debated whether thyroid cancer patients should follow a low-iodine diet to help make their radioiodine treatment more effective. Now, research comes down on one side of the issue. Find out the details now. THERAPEUTIC RAI FOR THYROID CANCER Therapeutic doses of RAI can be a help in thyroid cancer treatment, in particular helping to identify cancer that a whole body scan has not detected. (Read the full story in the print newsletter*). Source: Koh JM, et. al., “Effects of therapeutic doses of 131I in thyroid papillary carcinoma patients with elevated thyroglobulin level and nega
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