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Welcome to our new patient support contact Aimee ! You can contact her here : aimsshaw99@gmail.com Please remember our support contacts are volunteers and are available for support but not medical advice. Amy tells us why she decided to do this :

Latest news on the HoT clinical trial [Hemi or Total thyroidectomy ] looking at which option is safe for thyroid cancer patients .

‘Worst part of thyroid cancer treatment’ no longer needed, says top Newcastle doctor after huge trial Research published in the Lancet highlights that iodine radiation is now longer necessary in thyroid cancer care Read the full article here.

We are delighted to share our latest patient information film with you: Molly, my thyroid and me, a young persons cancer story. Our film will address the gap in patient information for teenagers and young people with thyroid cancer. Miss Alison Waghorn, Consultant Thyroid Cancer Surgeon and President of BAETS says: Thank you for letting […]

We are delighted to welcome Rebecca as a patient support contact for parents .Rebecca’s daughter Molly was 12 when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer ,we have just completed our latest film about Molly ,it will be available soon !

Are you receiving treatment for Thyroid Cancer in Scotland? Please complete our joint survey with the BTF, we need as many responses as possible please which will be fed back to the Scottish Thyroid  Cancer Network to help identify any gaps in care. Many thanks!  https://www.btf-thyroid.org/news/thyroid-cancer-survey-for-scottish-patients

HoT Newsletter June 2023 The patient video for the latest thyroid cancer clinical trial ‘HoT’ has just been released. A trial, for newly diagnosed, low-risk patients. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfyV33J4GmY

Use of liothyronine (T3) in hypothyroidism: Joint British Thyroid Association/Society for endocrinology consensus statement – Ahluwalia – Clinical Endocrinology – Wiley Online Library Read full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cen.14935

Patient reports recruitment for the HoT Trial is increasing.

NICE have published the Thyroid Cancer Guidelines. Our CEO Kate Farnell sat on the committee to ensure the patient voice was heard. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng230/chapter/Context