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Thyroid Treatment

Thyroid treatment refers to the medical, surgical, and radiotherapeutic interventions used to manage disorders of the thyroid gland, from functional imbalance to malignancy. Functional disease is corrected pharmacologically—levothyroxine replacement for hypothyroidism, and antithyroid drugs, radioiodine, or surgery …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 22× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-4496 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Thyroid treatment refers to the medical, surgical, and radiotherapeutic interventions used to manage disorders of the thyroid gland, from functional imbalance to malignancy. Functional disease is corrected pharmacologically—levothyroxine replacement for hypothyroidism, and antithyroid drugs, radioiodine, or surgery for hyperthyroidism—titrated against thyrotropin and free hormone levels. For Thyroid Cancer, treatment is stratified by histologic subtype and stage. Differentiated (papillary and follicular) carcinomas are managed with thyroidectomy followed, in selected patients, by radioactive iodine ablation and TSH-suppressive thyroxine, with long-term outcomes studied across large institutional cohorts. Medullary carcinoma, which does not concentrate iodine, requires surgical resection with nodal dissection and, for advanced disease, RET-directed targeted therapy, with durable responses reported even for variants of uncertain significance. Image-guided thermal ablation provides a minimally invasive alternative for selected nodules and recurrences, and radiation-safety protocols govern outpatient radioiodine therapy. Rare malignancies such as thyroid leiomyosarcoma and metastatic deposits demand individualized multimodal approaches. Treatment also accounts for coexisting conditions, including altered thyroid function in chronic kidney disease. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on Thyroid Cancer surgery, radioactive iodine and ablative therapies, molecular and targeted treatment, and treatment outcomes, supporting evidence-based management across the spectrum of thyroid disease.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Image Guided Ablations for Thyroid Tumours

Nicosia LucaCorresponding author
Division of Breast Radiology, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy, European Institute of Oncology IEO, IRCCS, Via Giuseppe Ripamonti, 435 - 20141 Milano MI, Italy
Thyroid Cancer Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2574-4496.jtc-19-2657
2018

In The Pursuit of The Perfect Thyroid Care

Kumar Sahoo ManasCorresponding author
Consultant Nuclear Medicine & PET/CT, Department of Nuclear Medicine &PET-CT. Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram, India.
Thyroid Cancer doi:10.14302/issn.2574-4496.jtc-18-1986

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 22 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Thyroid Cancer (ISSN 2574-4496).

Journal editorial board
Giovanni Mauri · Italy Pamela Pinzani · Italy Byeong-Cheol Ahn · South Korea

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