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.