In today’s episode, we’re going to talk about how precision medicine fits into thyroid cancer treatment guidelines. To answer our questions on this topic, we welcome the expertise of Dr. Lori Wirth. Dr. Wirth is Medical Director of the Center for Head and Neck Cancers at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Associate Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Funding statement:

This independent educational activity is supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly. The educational content has been developed by Liberum IME in conjunction with an independent steering committee; Eli Lilly has had no influence on the content of this education.

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