Moderate hormone suppression may be enough in thyroid cancer, 30-year study shows

Friday, July 17, 2015 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

Moderate suppression of thyroid-stimulating hormone, which drives thyroid cancer, may be as beneficial as more extreme hormone suppression, a study of long-term thyroid cancer outcomes shows. Extreme TSH suppression is associated with increased side effects including osteoporosis and heart rhythm irregularities.

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