Prevention of Thyroid cancer

Prevention of Thyroid cancer:

Methods of prevention of Thyroid cancer mentioned in various sources includes those listed below. This prevention information is gathered from various sources, and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Thyroid cancer.

• Avoid radiation
• Iodine supplements - if diet is deficient in iodine
• Salt with added iodine - commonly used in the USA
• Prophylactic thyroidectomy - rarely used except for familial inherited types.

Medications used to prevent Thyroid cancer:

Some of the different medications in the possible prevention of Thyroid cancer include:

• Levothyroxine
• Alti-Thyroxine
• Armour Thyroid
• Eltroxin
• Euthroid
• Euthyrox
• Levo-T
• Levotabs
• Levothroid
• Levoxine
• Levoxyl
• L-Thyroxine
• Proloid
• Synthroid
• Synthrox
• Syroxine
• Thyroid USP
• Thyrolar
• Liothyronine
• Cyronine
• Cytomel
• Thyrolar 1, ¼, ½, 2, 3
• Triostat

Note:You must always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

Clinical Trials for Thyroid cancer

Some of the clinical trials for Thyroid cancer include:

• Phase II Study of IMRT With SIB as Adjuvant Treatment for High Risk Resected Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Total Thyroidectomy With Harmonic Scalpel - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Study of Radioiodine (131-I) Uptake Following Administration of Thyrogen and Hypothyroid States During Thyroid Hormone Withdrawal. - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Study of the Anti-Angiogenesis Agent AG-013736 in Patients With Metastatic Thyroid Cancer - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - VEGFR and PDGFR inhibitor
• The Dose of Radioactive Iodine Needed to Ablate the Thyroid Remnant Left Behind After Thyroidectomy - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - radioiodine
• Study of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FluGlucoScan) in Patients With Cancer or Suspected Cancer - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more clinical trials...»

Treatments for Thyroid cancer

Treatments to consider for Thyroid cancer may include:

• Surgery
  • Total thyroidectomy
  • Lobectomy (thyroid)
  • Local lymph node removal
  • Parathyroid gland removal - often removed with the thyroid
• Radiation
• more treatments...»

Prevention Claims: Thyroid cancer

Information on prevention of Thyroid cancer comes from many sources. There are some sources that claim preventive benefits for many different diseases for various products. We may present such information in the hope that it may be useful, however, in some cases claims of Thyroid cancer prevention may be dubious, invalid, or not recognized in mainstream medicine. Please discuss any treatment, discontinuation of treatment, or change of treatment plans with your doctor or professional medical specialist.

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