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Current Thyroid Cancer Trends in the United States
Davies and Welch determine whether thyroid cancer incidence has stabilized.
Increased detection of low-risk tumors driving up thyroid cancer rates
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Low-risk cancers that do not have any symptoms and presumably will not cause problems in the future [...]
What It's Really Like to Have Thyroid Cancer
6 Signs of Thyroid Cancer You Should Never Ignore
If you’ve noticed these symptoms, you could have thyroid cancer in need of treatment.
What You Need to Know About Thyroid Cancer
Most people don't even know what their thyroid is.
How I'm coping with thyroid cancer as a photographer and a mom
For the past five years, Amanda White has been living with thyroid cancer. To help her cope, the mom of two young boys and professional photographer is taking photos of moms with cancer.
Thyroid cancer diagnosis and treatment: What you should know
Thyroid cancer is increasingly common among women. We recently spoke with Steven Sherman, M.D., chair of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, about thyroid cancer symptoms, thyroid cancer diagnosis and thyroid cancer treatment.
What Is Thyroid Cancer?
Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer, an abnormal, out-of-control growth of cells that affects the thyroid gland. It affects three times as many women as men.
Is Thyroid Cancer Being Overtreated?
The increasing incidence of thyroid cancer is likely due to increasing diagnosis, particularly of the less aggressive papillary thyroid cancer, researchers said.
Is it Hypothyroidism or Thyroid Cancer?
Although thyroid disease is common in the United States, thyroid cancer is extremely rare. Find out how thyroid cancer differs from other thyroid conditions, such as hypothyroidism.
Could it Be Thyroid Cancer?
Dr. Shicha Kumar, formerly of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, explains the signs and symptoms and other need-to-know facts about thyroid cancer. Read more: ht...
Thyroid Cancer: Does It Run in the Family?
What you need to know about the genetics of thyroid cancer
You Could Have Thyroid Cancer and Not Even Know It
Thyroid cancer is the eighth most frequent cause of cancer but produces few, if any, symptoms. Fortunately, the outlook for patients can be very good, as in many cases, this cancer can be slow-growing and treatable.
‘Cancer’ or ‘lesion?’ The optics of papillary thyroid cancer
Researchers found that terminology and health literacy affected treatment decisions for papillary thyroid cancer.
Thyroid cancer survivors at increased risk for heart disease
Men and women who survive thyroid cancer have a sharply increased risk for heart disease, a new study finds.
Doctor who treats the mentally ill for free battles thyroid cancer
Dr Abdulai, founder of the Shekhinah clinic where mentally ill persons get treatment for free is battling thyroid cancer. The 65 year old medical doctor, popularly referred to...
Low-risk thyroid cancer and stringent follow-up: who decides?
In the case of low-risk treated thyroid cancer, some patients may be insisting on unduly intensive surveillance in the form of diagnostic scans to detect recurrence, without clear evidence for any benefit from the same, says a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
New RET Inhibitors Show Reduced Toxicities in Thyroid Cancer
The precision-targeted therapies show early, encouraging signs of reduced toxicities for medullary, thyroid cancers.
