Thyroid cancer

• Personal Stories

Breaking the silence: when cancer steals your voice

Dinny and Loren had different types of cancer, and in both cases the disease took away their voices. Until, of course, they found a way to break the silence. Dinny and Loren had different types of cancer, and in both cases the disease took away their voices. Until, of course, they found a way to break the silence.

2 December 2022

• Health & Medicine

New drug available for rare thyroid cancer on NHS in England

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the use of the drug selpercatinib (Retevmo) for some people in England with a type of advanced thyroid cancer. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the use of the drug selpercatinib (Retevmo) for some people in England with a type of advanced thyroid cancer.

1 October 2021

• Health & Medicine

Three thyroid cancer drugs approved for NHS in England

Three thyroid cancer treatments have been approved for routine use on the NHS in England. Three thyroid cancer treatments have been approved for routine use on the NHS in England.

23 February 2018

• Health & Medicine

Thyroid cancer cases double in 20 years

The number of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer in England has doubled since the early 1990s, according to a new report published by the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) today. The number of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer in England has doubled since the early 1990s, according to a new report published by the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) today.

14 December 2012

Trial transforms thyroid cancer treatment into safer and shorter session

The results of a large Cancer Research UK trial have set a new gold standard for treating thyroid cancer, reducing radiation doses to just one third of the current level, according to research in The New England Journal of Medicine. The results of a large Cancer Research UK trial have set a new gold standard for treating thyroid cancer, reducing radiation doses to just one third of the current level, according to research in The New England Journal of Medicine.

2 May 2012

Cancer survivor Findlay is half way through Great World Run

Courageous cancer Survivor Findlay Young is half way through his mission to run 24 half marathons in 24 consecutive days in 24 different locations in 12 countries and six continents around the world for Cancer Research UK. Courageous cancer Survivor Findlay Young is half way through his mission to run 24 half marathons in 24 consecutive days in 24 different locations in 12 countries and six continents around the world for Cancer Research UK.

20 September 2006

It's a Tyne start for cancer survivor Findlay's Great World Run

A courageous cancer survivor jogged alone across the Tyne Bridge at 6.00am on Thursday, September 7th to highlight the start of his fundraising mission to run 24 half marathons in 24 consecutive days, ending with the BUPA Great North Run. Findlay Young, 32, aims to raise Ј100,000 for Cancer Research UK after surviving thyroid cancer twice in two years. A courageous cancer survivor jogged alone across the Tyne Bridge at 6.00am on Thursday, September 7th to highlight the start of his fundraising mission to run 24 half marathons in 24 consecutive days, ending with the BUPA Great North Run. Findlay Young, 32, aims to raise Ј100,000 for Cancer Research UK after surviving thyroid cancer twice in two years.

7 September 2006