A decade of thyroidology

Hormones (Athens). 2018 Dec;17(4):491-495. doi: 10.1007/s42000-018-0068-7. Epub 2018 Oct 10.

Abstract

Significant scientific progress has been achieved in the past decade in thyroidology driven by scholarly enquiry, unmet patient needs, and investment by the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industry. In this review, nine publications have been selected for their impact in pushing the frontiers of knowledge and understanding. They include new perspectives in the diagnosis, pathophysiology, epidemiology and management of thyroid cancer, understanding of thyroid hormone physiology, and new treatments for Graves' orbitopathy.

Keywords: Advances; Decade; Thyroid.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Endocrinology* / history
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / history
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / metabolism*
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / therapy
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / history
  • Hypothyroidism / metabolism*
  • Hypothyroidism / therapy
  • Thyroid Gland / metabolism*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / history
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / therapy