[Thyroid activity in patients with thyroid neoplasms].

Levels of thyroid hormones and thyrotropin in 58 cases of adenoma and 86 cases of cancer of the thyroid gland were assayed radioimmunologically. Secretory function of the thyroid gland was inhibited in cancer patients and increased in adenoma group. Due to feedback, peripheral blood--thyrotropin levels were lowered in adenoma patients and raised in the cancer group.

[Current diagnostic and treatment problems in thyroid cancer].

The paper deals with a 10-year experience (1971-1980) of treating tumors of head and neck at the Institute. Different aspects of early diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma, its adequate therapy and organisational measures required for its prevention are discussed on the basis of 1,304 case histories of thyroid cancer. Up-to-date methods of early diagnosis of thyroid cancer (diagnostic puncture and thyroidlymphography), which can be integrated with general medical practice, are recommended.