Precision medicine comes to thyroidology

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Abstract

Context: The broad spectrum of thyroid disease severity-from subclinical hypothyroidism to myxedema coma, subclinical thyrotoxicosis to thyroid storm, and microscopic papillary to anaplastic cancers-has alwaysdemandedthat clinicians individualize theirmanagementof thyroid patients. Deepening knowledge of thyroid pathophysiology along with advances in diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic technologies applicable to thyroid diseases position this field to ride the wave of precision medicine in the decade ahead.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)799-803
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Volume101
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Biochemistry
  • Endocrinology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Biochemistry, medical

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