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RACS Annual Scientific Meeting 2022
Dr Lancashire was honoured to be both an invited speaker and a session chair at this year’s Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Annual Scientific Congress. He took the opportunity to talk about his research into Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) management.
Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis in a Pandemic – Should I Worry?
I have had discussions with several concerned patients who have had their thyroid surgery delayed due to COVID-19. This may be due to a reduction in the surgical services in their health district, or because they have had a recent COVID-19 infection themselves, delaying their surgery from an anaesthetic safety point of view.
The parathyroid glands are located in the neck behind the thyroid gland. They are responsible for the tight control of the calcium levels in your blood. Calcium is important for the normal functioning of the brain, heart, muscles, nerves, as well as the strength of your bones. Untreated hyperparathyroidism can cause serious long-term health problems.
About 2700 people are diagnosed with thyroid cancer in Australia each year. The incidence of thyroid cancer has been steadily increasing with diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancers having tripled over the last three decades. In fact, thyroid cancer is currently on track to be the 4th most common cancer by 2030.
