Rare Diseases
Conference Coverage
Radioactive iodine may boost survival in papillary thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: The use of radioactive iodine is associated with a small but statistically significant increase in overall survival in most...
Guidelines
Enhanced thyroid cancer guidelines expected in 2015
Conference Coverage
Hold the central lymph node dissection for small parathyroid tumors?
Key clinical point: Central lymph node dissection may not be needed for patients with small parathyroid tumors.Major finding: In a multivariate...
Conference Coverage
Liver cancer without cirrhosis surprisingly common: Is NAFLD the cause?
Key clinical point: A significant proportion of NAFLD-related HCC patients have no cirrhosis at presentation, so clinicians need to maintain a...
News
MicroRNA screening might reveal pancreatic cancer
Major finding: Two panels of microRNAs correctly diagnosed pancreatic cancer in 85% of affected patients and correctly diagnosed chronic...
Conference Coverage
New chemo regimen is active against recalcitrant neuroendocrine tumors
Major finding: The overall response rate was 43% and the clinical benefit rate was 97%. Data source: A randomized phase II trial among 28 patients...
News
Coffee consumption affects cancer risk differently for liver vs. pancreatic cancers
Major finding: Neither total coffee intake (whether decaffeinated or caffeinated, analyzed separately) nor tea intake appears to influence the...
News
Avoid transcutaneous biopsy in adrenocortical carcinoma
Major finding: Transcutaneous biopsy was 51%-84% sensitive for adrenocortical carcinoma, depending on where it was done, and caused complications...
News
Radioisotope therapy slowed metastatic pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma
Major finding: Disease completely resolved in one patient and was stable or improved in a majority of patients 6 months after starting 131I-MIBG...
News
Osteoporosis, osteopenia appear common in Friedreich's ataxia
Major finding: In 20 Friedreich’s ataxia patients, 45% had osteoporosis at the femur and 20% had osteopenia at the same site, while bone mineral...