Acknowledgements
Grateful thanks are expressed to the many reviewers of these guidelines. These included leading international
experts in thyroid cancer, hospital specialists, and general practitioners. They devoted much time and care to
considering the document and their recommendations and suggestions for improvements were most valuable.
Special thanks to Dr Cathy Sturgeon for her contribution on calcitonin, Dr Alan Dodd for his contribution in
grading some of the evidence and the patient leaders who worked on the patient information leafl ets: Judith Tay-
lor (British Thyroid Foundation), Kate Farnell (Butterfl y Thyroid Cancer Trust), Liz Glenister (Hypopara UK), Jo Grey
(Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders – AMEND), Janis Hickey (British Thyroid Foundation) and
Helen Hobrough (Thyroid Cancer Support Group – Wales). The authors also wish to thank Joanne Mullen, Librar-
ian Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bernadette Coles, Cancer Research Wales Library,
for performing the literature searches.