Articles in Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2016

Prof. YJ Park, deputy editor of ‘Endocrinology and Metabolism,’ wrote a review on the prevalence of, and risk factors for, subclinical thyroid disease in Korea; this analysis was particularly clear [1]. Several review articles on thyroid cancer appeared in the third issue of 2014: “Molecular pathogenesis and targeted therapies in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma”; “Current status and future perspectives in differentiated thyroid cancer”; “Can robotic thyroidectomy be performed safely in thyroid carcinoma patients?”; and “Radioiodine therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer: the first targeted therapy in oncology” [2-5]. Prof. W Teng reviewed nationwide Chinese data and reported that excess iodine can trigger hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroiditis, especially in susceptible populations with recurring thyroid disease, the elderly, fetuses, and neonates [6]. Prof. EH Jeon and Prof. ED Jung published an original article entitled “Diagnostic whole-body scan may not be necessary for intermediate-risk patients with differentiated thyroid cancer after low-dose (30 mCi) radioactive iodide ablation,” involving a study performed on 438 subjects with differentiated thyroid cancer. They suggested that diagnostic I-131 wholebody scanning after radioactive iodide ablation may not be necessary in intermediate-risk patients with differentiated thyroid cancer [7]. Prof. EJ Lee et al. described the biochemical factors prognostic of subclinical hypothyroidism in newly diagnosed patients [8]. Prof. KR Hyun, Prof. S Kang, and Prof. S Lee analyzed the social costs of thyroid disease in Korea over the last 10 years in their article entitled “Cost-of-illness trends associated with thyroid disease in Korea” [9]. Prof. JI Son et al. analyzed thyroid fine-needle aspiration specimens from 469 patients and published a paper entitled “Insufficient experience in thyroid fine-needle aspiration leads to misdiagnosis of thyroid cancer” [10]. Prof. M Sanjari et al. completed a study involving school-aged children in Iran, and found that cobalt deficiency is one reason why goiter persists in that country [11]. Other original articles on thyroid disease also appeared in 2014 [12-16].