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Health Information Center Resources on September 24th's ShowEndocrinologist Roberto Izquierdo MD will discuss cancer and other diseases of the thyroid while surgeon Kara Kort MD will cover surgical treatments of this often troublesome gland.For more information on the Joslin Center for Diabetes: www.upstate.edu/uh/joslin. Books:
"The Complete Thyroid Book", by Kenneth B. Ain, M. Sara Rosenthal. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. "The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women", 2nd Edition, by M. Sara Rosenthal. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
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Tutorial: How to Find Reliable Health Information on the Internet Medical Speak Word of the Week— PAPILLARY and FOLLICULAR Definition: Both words refer to cancer of the thyroid gland. Papillary tumors are the most common, accounting for more than 70 percent of thyroid cancers. The tumor is irregular, solid or cystic, and when treated, the cure rate is between 80 and 90 percent. Three times as many women, as men, who have cancerous thyroid tumors will have papillary tumors of the thyroid. Follicular thyroid cancer is the second most common - less than 15 percentof thyroid cancers. Follicular is more aggressive than papillary, and usually occurs in older patients. Again, three times as many women as men develop follicular cancer. Its cure rate - is related to the size of the tumors. September 24th's Headlines ...
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