A newly developed PET imaging agent has been found to be effective in identifying medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in preclinical and clinical studies, according to research published in the January ...

Jan 25 (Reuters) - The iodide dye used in heart scans and other medical imaging, such as CT scans, may in some cases damage patients' thyroid glands, possibly leading to health problems such as ...

A positron emission tomography (PET) scan is an imaging technique that uses small amounts of radioactive substances. Doctors may use PET scans in chemotherapy treatments for cancer. PET scans help ...

Thyroid nodules are abnormal cell growths that form a lump in the thyroid gland. Most thyroid nodules are benign, but a small percentage are related to thyroid cancer. Share on Pinterest enigma_images ...

Experts warn that a small painless lump in the neck could sometimes be an early sign of thyroid cancer. Here are the symptoms ...

PET scans use a radioactive tracer to generate images of the body for medical analysis. Doctors commonly use PET scans to detect cancer and assess how far it has spread. Radiation exposure from PET ...

Expression of miRNA and occurrence of distant metastases in patients with Hürthle cell carcinoma. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a ...

The thyroid is a gland located at the base of the neck. It makes thyroid hormones, which control the way the body uses energy. A thyroid nodule is a solid or fluid-filled lump found within the thyroid ...