Cancer of thyroid gland
Causes
Treatment
symptoms
Diagnosis
Family history
Hereditary conditions
Imaging tests
Ultrasound
Medical history and physical exam
Radioiodine scan
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.
Surgery
Swelling in the neck
Trouble swallowing
Trouble breathing
patient's care chain
Other follow-up tests examplea chest x-ray, an ultrasound of the neck, a full-body scan
Tests for long-term side effects
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.
Gender Often in women than in men
Radiation
Being overweight or obese
Iodine in the diet
A lump in the neck, sometimes growing quickly
A constant cough that is not due to a cold
Chest x-ray
Computed tomography (CT) scan
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)
Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the thyroid gland. Cancer starts when cells begin to grow out of control.