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( Thyroid cancer)
Thyroid cancer refers to any of four kinds of malignant tumors of the thyroid gland papillary, follicular, medullary or anaplastic. Papillary and follicular tumors are the most common. They grow slowly and may recur, but are generally not fatal in patients under 45 years of age. Medullary tumors have a good prognosis if restricted to the thyroid gland and a poorer prognosis if metastasis occurs. Anaplastic tumors are fast-growing and respond poorly to therapy. Thyroid nodules are diagnosed by ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (USG/FNA) or frequently by thyroidectomy (surgical removal and subsequent histological examination). As thyroid cancer can take up iodine, radioactive iodine is commonly used to treat thyroid carcinomas, followed by TSH suppression by thyroxine therapy. Most often the first symptom of thyroid cancer is a nodule in the thyroid region of the neck. However, many adults have small nodules in their thyroids. But typically under 5% of these nodules are found to be malignant. Sometimes the first sign is an enlarged lymph node. Later symptoms that can be present are pain in the anterior region of the neck and changes in voice. Thyroid cancer is usually found in a euthyroid patient, but hyperthyroidism may be a symptom of a large or metastatic well-differentiated tumor.
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When I was first invited to take over this column, I was very excited because there were a myriad of topics that I wanted to cover, none more so than one on hair loss. My main reason for wanting to do so was the fact that I myself have been greatly ...
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As we know, thyroid problems are caused by the malfunction of the thyroid glands that do not speed up the immune system in certain conditions.
There are known many types of thyroid cases but among them, the most common and easily treating ar...
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