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population ( 6 , 7 , 8 ). The American Thyroid Association (ATA) has developed recommendations for pediatric nodules and thyroid carcinoma ( 8 ); however, in Europe, such recommendations are not yet available. Regulations for medical care differ between the
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Introduction Why is European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) statement not considered scientifically accurate by the thyroid community? The ECHA statement made in September 2022 ( 1 ) concluding that iodine is an endocrine disruptor (ED) and the
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Scope of the Document During the last decades, the incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is continuously rising in Europe and is estimated as high as 9 and 3 cases per 100,000 person-years in the female and male population
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avoided a visible scare on the neck and chest [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]. As this technique has become increasingly popular among patients, European surgeons have introduced it to their clinical practice resulting in several practical issues. Firstly, apart from the
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to assess how European clinicians manage hyperthyroidism in pregnant women and to what extent their clinical practice is consistent with these guidelines. Participants and Methods In December 2010, an electronic questionnaire survey was e
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[ 1 ]. Iodine deficiency during pregnancy and breast feeding is widespread in Europe and adversely affects the development of the child [ 1 ]. Adults living in iodine-deficient regions carry a high risk of goiter, thyroid nodules and hyperthyroidism
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European prevalence and incidence of (undiagnosed and diagnosed) thyroid dysfunction has been published, that work considered only studies that reported simultaneously on both hypo- and hyperthyroidism. This approach led to the exclusion of studies that
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[ 4 ] and is associated with excess morbidity and mortality [ 5 , 6 ]. Questionnaires by American Endocrine Societies (The Endocrine Society, American Thyroid Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists) and the European Thyroid
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course of the past 20 years, with more than 20 published trials, predominantly from Europe and China. One general conclusion from those trials, as summarized in several systematic reviews, is that Se supplementation decreases thyroid autoantibody
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managed conservatively ( 4 ). Accepting that not all reasons for surgery are disclosed in the available literature, in European countries a proportion of such lesions are superfluously referred for surgery, leading to an unfavorable risk and cost