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Cancer of thyroid gland - Coggle Diagram
Cancer of thyroid gland
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Treatment
Radioactive iodine therapyThis treatment can be used to ablate (destroy) any thyroid tissue not removed by surgery
Chemotherapy is systemic therapy, which means that the drug enters the bloodstream and travels throughout the body to reach and destroy cancer cells.
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Targeted Drug Therapy for Thyroid Cancer are known as kinase inhibitors.Kinases are proteins inside cells that normally relay signals (such as telling the cell to grow)
symptoms
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A lump in the neck, sometimes growing quickly
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patient's care chain
Other follow-up tests examplea chest x-ray, an ultrasound of the neck, a full-body scan
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Physical exams and medical testsinclude regular physical examinations, medical tests,.
Breast cancer screeningYoung women who are treated for papillary or follicular thyroid cancer have a higher risk of developing breast cancer in the future.
Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the thyroid gland. Cancer starts when cells begin to grow out of control.