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Active surveillance for thyroid Cancer: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to implementation by Jensen, Catherine B, Saucke, Megan C, Pitt, Susan C

“…The 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines supported active surveillance (AS) as a strategy for managing select low-risk thyroid cancers. Data examining…”
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Trends in the presentation, treatment, and survival of patients with medullary thyroid cancer over the past 30 years by Randle, Reese W., MD, Balentine, Courtney J., MD, MPH, Leverson, Glen E., PhD, Havlena, Jeffrey A., MS, Sippel, Rebecca S., MD, Schneider, David F., MD, MS, Pitt, Susan C., MD, MPHS

“…Background The impact of recent medical advances on disease presentation, extent of operation, and disease-specific survival for patients with medullary…”
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Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism, State of the Art Surgical Management by Pitt, Susan C., MD, Sippel, Rebecca S., MD, Chen, Herbert, MD

“…This article reviews the current surgical management of patients with secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism. The focus is on innovative surgical…”
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Coyotes ( Canis latrans) are definitive hosts of Neospora caninum by Gondim, Luis F.P, McAllister, Milton M, Pitt, William C, Zemlicka, Doris E

“…Four captive-raised coyote pups consumed tissues from Neospora caninum-infected calves. Faeces were examined from 4 days before to 28 days after infection. One…”
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Non-target species mortality and the measurement of brodifacoum rodenticide residues after a rat (Rattus rattus) eradication on Palmyra Atoll, tropical Pacific by Pitt, William C., Berentsen, Are R., Shiels, Aaron B., Volker, Steven F., Eisemann, John D., Wegmann, Alexander S., Howald, Gregg R.

“…The use of rodenticides to control or eradicate invasive rats (Rattus spp.) for conservation purposes has rapidly grown in the past decades, especially on…”
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350 Oncogenic Ras mutants differentially utilize PLC-dependent calcium flux and PKC activation for MAPK signaling by Pitt, C, McCormick, F

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Physician Perspectives of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment of Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the US by Dedhia, Priya H, Saucke, Megan C, Long, Kristin L, Doherty, Gerard M, Pitt, Susan C

“…This survey study assesses physicians’ recommendations regarding overdiagnosis and overtreatment of thyroid nodules and low-risk papillary thyroid cancer…”
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Scavenging dynamics on Guam and implications for invasive species management by Hill, Jacob E., Turner, Kelsey L., Smith, Joshua B., Hamilton, Matthew T., DeVault, Travis L., Pitt, William C., Beasley, James C., Rhodes, Olin E.

“…Deployment of mouse carcasses laced with acetaminophen has become a common management tool to control invasive brown tree snakes ( Boiga irregularis ; BTS) on…”
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Vertical foraging shifts in Hawaiian forest birds in response to invasive rat removal by Wilson Rankin, Erin E, Knowlton, Jessie L, Gruner, Daniel S, Flaspohler, David J, Giardina, Christian P, Leopold, Devin R, Buckardt, Anna, Pitt, William C, Fukami, Tadashi

“…Worldwide, native species increasingly contend with the interacting stressors of habitat fragmentation and invasive species, yet their combined effects have…”
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Thyroid hormone replacement after thyroid lobectomy by Stoll, Samantha J., BS, Pitt, Susan C., MD, Liu, Jing, BS, Schaefer, Sarah, NP, Sippel, Rebecca S., MD, Chen, Herbert, MD, FACS

“…Background The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of and identify risk factors for postoperative hypothyroidism in patients undergoing…”
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Contralateral papillary thyroid cancer: does size matter? by Pitt, Susan C., M.D, Sippel, Rebecca S., M.D, Chen, Herbert, M.D., F.A.C.S

“…Abstract Background The optimal extent of thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) <1 cm is controversial. Our aim was to identify the rate and factors…”
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Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: decision-making, extent of surgery, and outcomes by Price, Amanda K., BS, Randle, Reese W., MD, Schneider, David F., MD, MS, Sippel, Rebecca S., MD, Pitt, Susan C., MD, MPHS

“…Abstract Background The optimal extent of surgery for patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), tumors ≤1 cm, is controversial because survival is…”
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Detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Blood and Peripheral Tissues of Wild Hawaiian Rats (Rattus rattus) by a Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Assay by Jarvi, Susan I, Pitt, William C, Farias, Margaret E, Shiels, Laura, Severino, Michael G, Howe, Kathleen M, Jacquier, Steven H, Shiels, Aaron B, Amano, Karis K, Luiz, Blaine C, Maher, Daisy E, Allison, Maureen L, Holtquist, Zachariah C, Scheibelhut, Neil T

“…The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a rat lungworm, a zoonotic pathogen that causes human eosinophilic meningitis and ocular angiostrongyliasis…”
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Quality of Life, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Extent of Surgery for Patients With Low- and Intermediate-Risk-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer by Pitt, Susan C

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Identification of Novel Oncogenic Mutations in Thyroid Cancer by Pitt, Susan C., MD, MPHS, Hernandez, Roland A., MD, Nehs, Matthew A., MD, Gawande, Atul A., MD, MPH, FACS, Moore, Francis D., MD, FACS, Ruan, Daniel T., MD, FACS, Cho, Nancy L., MD, FACS

“…Abstract Background Thyroid cancer patients frequently have favorable outcomes. However, a small subset develops aggressive disease refractory to traditional…”
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Words Do Matter: Improving Surgical Research Through Appropriate Use of Sex, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Terminology by Pitt, Susan C.

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Parathyroidectomy: Like Herding Cats? by Pitt, Susan C.

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Tertiary hyperparathyroidism: Is less than a subtotal resection ever appropriate? A study of long-term outcomes by Pitt, Susan C., MD, Panneerselvan, Rajarajan, BS, Chen, Herbert, MD, Sippel, Rebecca S., MD

“…Background Our aim was to examine the outcomes of patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism (3-HPT) who had limited resection of 1 or 2 parathyroids. Methods…”
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ILookLikeASurgeon: Or do I? The local and global impact of a hashtag by Ansari, Hamayail, Pitt, Susan C.

“…A recent study found that mentorship by a “same-gender role model” was influential for women pursuing a surgical career demonstrating that a future as a woman…”
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AAPOR Reporting Guidelines for Survey Studies by Pitt, Susan C, Schwartz, Todd A, Chu, Danny

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