Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the roles of the members of the healthcare team in their respective responsibilities for quality care
2. Describe the evolving epidemiology for thyroid cancer
3. Describe an alternative explanation related to exposures to flame retardants in the home
4. Describe possible explanations for rising incidence based on known risk factors and the concept of over-diagnosis

Faculty

Julie Ann Sosa, MD

Chair, Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.