Photo of the week: Mr James Lee "Thyroid cancer: towards a better paradigm"

Head of Department of Surgery, Professor Wendy Brown and speaker, Mr James Lee

The Department of Surgery hosted the 2018 John Masterton Public Lecture last month (Thursday 26 July 2018), given by Mr James Lee. Centred on "Thyroid cancer - towards a better paradigm", Mr Lee looked at the turning points of interest in the history of thyroid surgery and the challenges and potential strategies in managing the rising incidence.

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Advances in treatment for patients with thyroid cancer

Pictured, Professor Jonathan Serpell, whose speciality is the thyroid, examining a patient.  Prof Serpell and the Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit have developed a thyroid cancer registry resulting in advances in treatment for patients with thyroid cancer. Research into monitoring of recurrent laryngeal nerve function during thyroidectomy has demonstrated several important findings including: that split nerves occur in 23% of cases;