Dr. Rajiv Datta, the chair of the Department of Surgery in South Nassau Communities Hospital in Valley Stream, New York, has earned multiple regional “top doctor/super doctor” distinctions as a head and neck surgeon. In addition to treating patients, he has written a number of peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. In 2008, Dr. Rajiv Datta wrote the thyroid cancer summary for the BMJ Best Practice website. He subsequently updated this summary in 2015.

1. The BMJ Best Practice Thyroid
Cancer Summary
Dr. Rajiv Datta

2. Introduction
• Dr. Rajiv Datta, the chair of the Department of Surgery in
South Nassau Communities Hospital in Valley Stream, New
York, has earned multiple regional “top doctor/super
doctor” distinctions as a head and neck surgeon. In
addition to treating patients, he has written a number of
peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. In 2008, Dr. Rajiv
Datta wrote the thyroid cancer summary for the BMJ Best
Practice website. He subsequently updated this summary in
2015.
With a history stretching back more than 175 years, BMJ is
dedicated to assisting medical organizations and health
care practitioners by publishing clinical research to aid in
daily decision making regarding diagnosis and treatment.

3. Thyroid Cancer
• The organization’s official online reference, Best Practice, provides
the latest research evidence and medical guidelines in a single,
easy-to-access location.
The Best Practice thyroid cancer summary is the cover page of an
extensive thyroid cancer resource guide, which covers subjects
ranging from general classification and epidemiology to disease
prevention and management. In brief, the summary states that
thyroid cancer typically materializes as an asymptomatic thyroid
nodule in women between the ages of 30 and 50. The summary
goes on to make general points regarding the most common
diagnostic test (fine-needle aspiration) and treatment (complete
thyroidectomy followed by radioactive iodine ablation and thyroid
hormone replacement) for thyroid cancer.