Lats announces its official statement on monitoring the optimal salt iodization at World Thyroid Day
Dear LATS Members, To celebrate World Thyroid Day (25 May), LATS has just announced its official statement on the importance of assuring the adequate levels of iodine in salt for the population of Latin America. Dr. Gabriela Brenta as LATS President together with the Board of Directors of LATS take the opportunity to congratulate the sister societies (ETA, ATA and AOTA) and […]
Latin American International Satellite Symposium will have the presence of LATS specialists
Part of the pre-congress program of the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA), the Latin American International Satellite Symposium will be attended by several experts from the Latin American Thyroid Society (LATS). The endocrinologists Mario Vaisman, Ana Maria Orlandi, Gabriela Brenta (president of LATS), Ana Luiza Maia and Erivelto Volpi were invited […]
5th Joint International Update – SAEM – AACCYC 2018
The Thyroid Department of the Argentine Endocrine Society together with the Argentine Head and Neck Association will hold the 5th Joint International Update on the “Management of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: controversies in Parathyroid Pathology”, on June 22 and 23, in Caba, Buenos Aires. Click here to view the scientific program. Registrations can be made through the link: http://www.saem.org.ar/actividades-cientificas/actividades-saem.html
Be conservative with thyroid nodules in over 70s, avoid surgery
Findings of the first large-scale study offering guidance on thyroid nodule evaluation in patients over age 70 support conservative management, showing most thyroid nodules 1 cm or larger in older patients confirmed with ultrasound or fine needle aspiration (FNA) are benign. And the few that turn out to be high-risk thyroid cancers are very likely […]
