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34: What Happens When Thyroid Cancer Travels to the Lungs? with Dr. Fabian Pitoia from the Hospital of University of Buenos Aires


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What Happens When Thyroid Cancer Travels to the Lungs?

Fabian Pitoia, M.D., serves as the Head of the Thyroid Section of the Division of Endocrinology and Investigation Area Coordinator at the Hospital de Clinicas of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He works also as an Proffessor of internal medicine at the Faculty of Medicine (UBA).

Dr Pitoia serves as a Full Member of the Argentine Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, of the Latin American Thyroid Society, the Endocrine Society and he is a Correspondent Member of the American Thyroid Association.

In this episode Dr. Pitoia addresses the following topics:

  • 10% of thyroid cancer patients will have distant metastatic disease
  • The disease will travel to lungs, bones, or both
  • Treatment with RAI is most effective for those under 40 years old
  • Evaluation of metastatic thyroid cancer in the lungs is a CT scan
  • In 2006, there was a change in the treatment of the disease
  • Adverse events of medication
  • The coordination between the endocrinologist and the oncologist

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Dr. Pitoia - Facebook

Dr. Pitoia - web site

Dr. Pitoia - Twitter

Thyroid Cancer Alliance

American Thyroid Association

Hospital de Clínicas de la Universidad de Buenos Aires - Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Consultorio privado: Pte. J.E. Uriburu 754 - Piso 2. Teléfonos: 49545488/49525496 [email protected]

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