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Delighted to announce that our DVD Thyroid Cancer Uncovered received ‘ Highly Commended’ at the BMA Patients Information Awards September 2016 !!!!  

Butterfly is hosting the first ever doctor/patient thyroid cancer forum. Join us on 5th December 2016 at The Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole street, London. Click here for further information

Kate Farnell and Rachel Newton attended the lectures and manned to BTCT stand. We were very busy,new contacts were made which means that more newly diagnosed patients will receive our DVD and TSH suppression cards. You can view the excellent programme here Rachel and Kate are joined by Helen ( TCSGW) on the BTCT stand […]

Our CEO Kate Farnell was delighted to be involved and to contribute to Cancer 52’s project ‘Speaking up for Patients” Jane Lyons CEO of Cancer 52 says: While there is no gold standard for patient and patient group involvement in HTA, Cancer52 believes that all parties, including patient organisations – need to share experience learn […]

Applications are invited for the Research Fund of £60,000 (£30,000 per annum for two years) which are particularly patient focused and may lead to improving quality of life for thyroid cancer patients. The award will be offered for projects with an anticipated completion date of two years and is available to projects undertaken within the […]

Massive thanks to all at Derwentside ASC for the fabulous donation of £4950 to BTCT !!!

Kevin was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this year, he decided to take up boxing to ‘take his mind of things’, keep fit and to fundraise for BTCT.  Well done Kevin!

Thyroid surgery is an increasingly specialised field. Since October 2013, outcomes of thyroid surgery, performed by those specialists who are members of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons (BAETS), have been openly available for public viewing. The figures confirm the very safe nature of thyroid surgery in expert hands and allow some insight […]

Butterfly is delighted to be a named contributor to the new UK guidelines on Thyroid Cancer from the British Thyroid Association

NATT was launched in 2013. The project offers patients with this diagnosis a rare opportunity to participate in research. By collecting tissue and blood samples along with clinical information from across the UK we will be able to gather a significant amount of data which will help us make progress with research in to this […]