Research findings from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine update understanding of thyroid cancer therapy

Fresh data on thyroid cancer are presented in the report "The effect of iodine prophylaxis on the frequency of thyroiditis and thyroid tumors in Southwest, Iran." In this recently published article, scientists in Iran conducted a study "To investigate the effect of the salt iodization program, which was initiated in 1989 on frequencies of thyroiditis and papillary carcinoma in Fars province of Iran, which was previously an iodine deficient area. Four hundred and eighty-two thyroidectomy specimens belonging to the pre-iodization period from 1983 to 1988, and 466 post iodization specimens from 1998 to 2003 were re-examined for presence of lymphocytic infiltration and types of thyroid...

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