The Feline Hyperthyroidism Treatment Centre in Athens, Greece, has carried out the first veterinary use of the Seracam portable hybrid gamma-optical camera, for imaging feline hyperthyroidism. Eight cats with known or suspected hyperthyroidism were imaged by lead veterinarian Dr Sossanna Bourmpou. It was used to confirm diagnosis and determine the most appropriate treatment. Dr Bourmpou […]
Read MoreRadiation treatment following surgery can be safely omitted in thyroid cancer patients whose disease is at low risk of returning, new study findings show. The Iodine or Not (IoN) study, which ran across 33 UK cancer centres including Weston Park Cancer Centre, Sheffield, set out to establish whether patients with low risk thyroid cancer could […]
Read MoreTerumo Europe welcomes the positive guidance released by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) mentioning that microwave ablation can be used provided standard arrangements are in place for clinical governance, consent, and audit. This is positive news as it broadens access to minimally invasive alternatives to surgery available to patients with symptomatic benign thyroid nodules. […]
Read MoreSonographer Paddy Grant, Canon Medical Systems clinical applications specialist Paula Connor, ultrasound manager Helen Campbell, deputy ultrasound manager Samantha Lacey, with sonographers Julie Davidson, Andrea Weston and Jackie Tyler. Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has purchased Canon Medical Systems’ latest Aplio i800 ultrasound system to be used for a wide variety of outpatients examinations, including […]
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