Cancer Overdiagnosis Awareness is needed because a lot of cancers diagnosed by screening tests will never kill you. That’s when doctors diagnose a disease that won’t cause the death of a patient during the patient’s lifetime...
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Thyroid No Surgery # 5 How To Avoid Surgery With a Thyroid Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Cancer now a benign tumor: NIFT-P Thyroid No Surgery #5 How To Avoid Surgery With a Thyroid Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid...
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Image: Microfollicular pattern instead of a papillary cell pattern is usually associated with NIFT–P Preoperative Cytologic Diagnosis of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features: A Prospective Analysis...
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The Ethical Implications of the Reclassification of Noninvasive Follicular Variant Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma To cite this article: Likhterov Ilya, Osorio Marcela, Moubayed Sami P., Hernandez-Prera Juan C., Rhodes Rosamond, and Urken Mark L....
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Image of a small micro-papillary thyroid cancer that could be a candidate for RFA as shown in this article in Thyroid. Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation for Treating Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A...
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Gathering Medical Records Made Easy with the TCC October 05, 2016 Ron Lieber, a columnist for the New York Times, decided to take on the challenge of gathering all of his medical records from various medical encounters throughout his life. Lieber...
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Mark Urken, MD, Chief of Mount Sinai Beth Israel’s Division of Head and Neck Oncology. Blog post ! http://www.healthbytesnyc.com/ear-nose-throat/thyroid-cancer-pathology-reports/ Posted on September 23, 2016 by Mount Sinai Urken_headshotGuest...
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Image of my thyroid and neck trained sonographer Matthew Foss who assists me when I see my patients, do diagnostic US, USGFNA, Ethanol ablations for lateral neck recurrent cancer lymph nodes. Thousands of Patients Spared from Risk of Misdiagnosis...
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1000th Patient Added to TCCC May 13, 2015 The TCCC hit a major milestone this past week when the 1000th patient record was entered by a participating physician. Each patient entered into the TCCC represents a vast amount of discrete data that can...
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The TCCC Crosses the Institute of Medicine’s Quality Chasm August 15, 2014 A review article published in April of 2014 described the TCCC as an “innovative web-based program” with the potential to improve the quality of healthcare delivery...
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TCC User Publishes Paper on Alternative Treatment for Small Thyroid Cancers May 31, 2016 On May 19, 2016, Thyroid Care Collaborative (TCC) user, Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA, along with co-authors Maisie Shido, MD and Ashok R. Shaha, MD published an...
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) How do I sign up for the TCCC? If you are a patient not yet registered with the TCCC, but are interested in joining our free and comprehensive program, please complete and submit the online form below. Will all of...
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