By: Austin Perlmutter, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine Years of data now clearly demonstrate connections between obesity and increased risk for cancer. However, a new study published in the well-respected medical journal, The Lancet, is one of the first to examine this risk on a large scale. With over 5 million participants, the actual data is even […]
PracticeUpdate Editorial Team July 28, 2014, New York–Results of a systematic review of literature from 1966 of the natural history of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) revealed that the condition is being over-diagnosed and over-treated. The review was presented Sunday at the Fifth World Congress of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) […]