Thyroidectomy without radioiodine in patients with low-risk thyroid cancer: 5 years of follow-up of the prospective randomised ESTIMABL2 trial.

Background: ESTIMABL2, a multicentre randomised phase 3 trial in patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (ie, pT1am or pT1b, N0 [no evidence of regional nodal involvement] or Nx [involvement of regional lymph nodes that cannot be assessed in the absence of neck dissection]), showed the non-inferiority of a follow-up strategy without radioactive iodine (I) administration compared with a postoperative I administration at 3 years post-randomisation. Here, we report a pre-specified analysis after 5 years of follow-up.

Methods: Patients treated with total thyroidectomy with or without prophylactic neck lymph node dissection, without postoperative suspicious findings on neck ultrasonography, were randomly assigned to the no-radioiodine group or to the radioiodine group (1·1 GBq-30 mCi after recombinant human thyrotropin-stimulating hormone).

Risk factors for hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy.

Objective: Hypothyroidism is the most common complication of hemithyroidectomy for thyroid nodules. This retrospective cohort study investigated the prognostic factors for hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy.

Methods: We included patients who underwent hemithyroidectomy between 2016 and 2017, excluding those with history of preoperative hypothyroidism or malignancy on histopathological examination.

Thyroidectomy without Radioiodine in Patients with Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer.

Background: In patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer undergoing thyroidectomy, the postoperative administration of radioiodine (iodine-131) is controversial in the absence of demonstrated benefits.

Methods: In this prospective, randomized, phase 3 trial, we assigned patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer who were undergoing thyroidectomy to receive ablation with postoperative administration of radioiodine (1.1 GBq) after injections of recombinant human thyrotropin (radioiodine group) or to receive no postoperative radioiodine (no-radioiodine group).

Prevention of exercise-induced hypoglycemia in 12 patients with type 1 diabetes running the Paris Marathon using continuous glucose monitoring: A prospective, single-center observational study.

Objective: To investigate the glycemic balance before, during and after the 2016 Paris Marathon using a real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM) system in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in a prospective single-center observational study.

Methods: Inclusion criteria were as follows: type 1 diabetes mellitus; age ≥18 years; HbA1c < 9%. Participants performed two 2h-preparatory races (PR) before the Marathon and were monitored with RT-CGM 24h before, during and 72h after each race.

Thyroid dysfunction induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors is associated with a better progression-free survival and overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer: an original cohort study.

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between the onset of TD and treatment efficacy in NSCLC patients who initiated anti-PD-1 blockade (Nivolumab) and to assess the impact of TD severity and subtype on nivolumab efficacy.

Materials And Methods: This study was performed at a referral oncology center between July 20, 2015 and June 30, 2018. Patients with histologically confirmed stage IIIB/IV NSCLC in progression after one or two lines of treatment and who initiated Nivolumab were included.

Limited efficacy of lenvatinib in heavily pretreated anaplastic thyroid cancer: a French overview.

Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare lethal disease. Lenvatinib is an off-label therapeutic option for ATC in most countries, except in Japan. The aim of this multicenter retrospective survey was to analyze the efficacy and the toxicity profile of off-label lenvatinib treatment in all adults advanced ATC patients, in France.

Diagnostic Value of FDG PET-CT Quantitative Parameters and Deauville-Like 5 Point-Scale in Predicting Malignancy of Focal Thyroid Incidentaloma.

To evaluate the diagnostic value of FDG PET-CT metabolic parameters and Deauville-like 5 point-scale to predict malignancy in a population of patients presenting focal thyroid incidentaloma (fTI). This retrospective study included 41 fTI, classified according to cytological and histological data as benign (BL) or malignant lesion (ML). FDG PET-CT semi-quantitative parameters (SUVmax, SUVmean, SUVpeak, MTV, TLG), tumor to liver SUVmean ratio (TLRmax and TLRmean), tumor to blood-pool SUVmean ratio (TBRmax and TBRmean) were calculated.

Comparison between preprandial vs. postprandial insulin aspart in patients with type 1 diabetes on insulin pump and real-time continuous glucose monitoring.

Background: The objective was to compare glycemic control between preprandial and postprandial bolus administration (15 min before [PRE] or immediately after the meal [POST]) in patients with type 1 diabetes using insulin pump and real-time continuous glucose monitoring.

Methods: Between September 2015 and February 2016, a single-centre, open randomized, 2-way crossover study of patients on bolus insulin aspart administration was conducted during two 14-day periods and according to 2 administration regimen schedules (PRE/POST or POST/PRE). Inclusion criteria were as follows: patients with type 1 diabetes, ≥18 and ≤ 65 years old, treated with insulin aspart using a Medtronic® insulin pump and trained on functional insulin therapy.

Malignancy rate of focal thyroid incidentaloma detected by FDG PET-CT: results of a prospective cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate the malignancy rate of focal thyroid incidentaloma (fTI) in a population of patients undergoing a 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) for a non-thyroid purpose.

Design: We conducted a prospective cohort study from January 2013 to November 2014. All consecutive patients referred for a FDG PET-CT were prospectively screened.

Results of the prolonged use of subcutaneous continuous infusion of hydrocortisone in a man with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

This is a case report study of a young man with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) who has been treated during 2 years by a subcutaneous continuous infusion hydrocortisone (SCIH) to optimize his treatment. Hydrocortisone was delivered via an insulin infusion device. We also studied the evolution of testicular adrenal rest tumors (TARTs) and the quality of life through SF36 survey.

Metabolic syndrome: a major risk factor for atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients (SHIVA study).

Objective: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is directly related to a high incidence of cardiovascular disease in the general population. The association is more doubtful among HIV-infected patients, although MetS has an elevated prevalence in this population. We explored the impact of MetS on early atherosclerosis markers.

Management of ACTH-secreting supradiaphragmatic adenomas.

Supradiaphragmatic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secreting pituitary adenomas are exceptionally encountered (14 cases previously described) and raise issues concerning their nosology and management. If surgery is the treatment of choice, the nature of surgical approach (craniotomy, transsphenoidal approach) remains controversial. To illustrate this issue, we presented two cases of supradiaphragmatic ACTH secreting pituitary adenomas successfully excised via a subfrontal approach.

Effects of the route of oestrogen administration on IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 in healthy postmenopausal women: results from a randomized placebo-controlled study.

Objective: Oestrogens can modulate the action or secretion of GH. Previous studies in postmenopausal women have shown a differential effect between transdermal 17beta-oestradiol and oral ethynyl-oestradiol on GH and IGF-1 concentrations. This secondary analysis, based on a large randomized trial, aimed to estimate the effect of the route of administration of 17beta-oestradiol in combined hormone replacement therapy with progesterone on IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels.

Premature atherosclerosis in HIV positive patients and cumulated time of exposure to antiretroviral therapy (SHIVA study).

Background: With the advent of antiretroviral therapy regimens in HIV positive patients, it is crucial to consider their long-term benefits to risk ratios. The responsibility of treatment in premature atherosclerosis is not clear. Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of exposure to reverse transcriptase inhibitors (nucleosidic and non-nucleosidic) and to protease inhibitors on the cardiovascular status of an entire hospital based cohort of patients.

Differential effects of oral and transdermal estrogen/progesterone regimens on sensitivity to activated protein C among postmenopausal women: a randomized trial.

Objective: Activated protein C (APC) resistance not related to the factor V Leiden mutation is a risk factor for venous thrombosis. Oral estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) has been reported to induce APC resistance. Little is known about the effect of transdermal estrogen.

Hodgkin's disease masquerading as fibrous thyroiditis: potential role of cytokines in in vivo and in vitro studies.

Hodgkin's disease appearing as, or associated with, fibrous thyroiditis has only been described rarely. We report the observation of a patient presenting with a goitre, fibrosis of the thyroid and adjacent structures, and hypothyroidism. The histological examination was compatible with fibrosclerotic thyroiditis.