Micro-papillary Thyroid Cancer Treatment Options: 1.Surgery 2. Active Surveillance AS 3. RFA Ablation. Alternative #3 RFA without surgery or AS. Biopsy positive micro-papillary at 4.4 mm and 0.036 ml. Method # 3 RFA Case: 37 Y/O male...
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Dr.Guttler’s comments; 1. Advances in core needle biopsy (CNB) have led to the use of spring-activated single- or double-action needles in thyroid nodule diagnosis. In addition, widespread use of high-resolution US enables accurate...
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Spotlight on Dr.Guttler’s Career. After fellowship I opened his thyroid center in Santa Monica. After survey of the local hospital records for thyroid surgery he noted they took out many thyroid nodules that were benign. Only 5% were...
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US-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Efficacy and Safety in a Large Population. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: Small papillary thyroid cancers <1.5 cm are biopsied on occasion when US changes suggest...
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Dr. Guttler’s Thyroid Ablation Center is Now Open to Accept Patients for Evaluation for Thyroid & Parathyroid Cancer and Benign Cystic Neck Nodules. Call Me and talk to Alicia for details of our pre-ablation evaluation work up...
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Thyroid No Surgery: Dr. Guttler’s Lecture on Thyroid RFA. This is an introduction to my Lecture Video that showcases Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation done by endocrinologists in their own offices without the need for hospitals or imaging...
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Thyroid Cancer No surgery 101: Why Thyroid Micropapillary thyroid cancer will be treated with radiofrequency RFA instead of Surgery or Active Surveillance AS in 2020. Dr.Guttler’s comments: 1. AS has gained acceptance out side of Japan. 2...
More info Why do Patients in the US Drop out of Active Surveillance For Their Micro-papillary Thyroid Cancer? Dr.Guttler’s comments: Patients in the US are not happy to keep a thyroid cancer in their neck and many drop out of AS programs and have the...
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Endocrinologists Doing Their Own Ultrasounds and FNAs Are Candidates to Become Interventional Thyroidologist to Learn Radiofrequency Ablation RFA to Enhance Their Practice. At the 2019 national meeting of the American Thyroid Association in...
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Don’t Want Surgery for Your Benign Thyroid Nodule? What does it Cost to have Radiofrequency Ablation in the USA in 2019? Rule #1 Stay away from hospital based radiologists. The fees are too high and unnecessary. Hospital overhead and...
More info What Micro-papillary thyroid cancers are candidates for radiofrequency ablation RFA instead of surgery or active surveillance? The vast majority of these small low risk cancers are able to be ablated with RFA. Several exceptions exists. Even...
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Thyroid Nodules No Surgery FDA Approved Radiofrequency Ablation of Thyroid Nodules Available At Santa Monica Thyroid Center After 5 years involved in development and training of physicians in RFA for thyroid nodules, Dr.Richard Guttler begins...
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