Of all new, dedicated thyroid ultrasounds performed at a single tertiary care center, only a quarter identified biopsy-recommended nodules, whereas nearly 40% did not find any nodules.
A small study suggests that environmental PFAS exposure may raise the risk for thyroid cancer. But a biostatistician who reviewed the findings is not convinced.
Among people with type 2 diabetes who received a GLP-1 receptor agonist, there was less correlation between this treatment and thyroid cancer than among people with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin.