Thyroid cancer: The warning signs of the disease you shouldn’t ignore, according to study
Thyroid cancer is a rare type of cancer that affects the thyroid gland. It start when abnormal cells in the thyroid gland start divide and grow in an uncontrolled way. The thyroid gland makes hormones that help regulate the metabolism, heart rates, blood pressure and body temperature.
Douglas Ross, co-director of Thyroid Associated at Massachusetts General Hospital, said: “Many thyroid tumours today are discovered unexpected when a patients is being checked for another problem.
“A tumour may be spotted during an imaging test such as a chest or neck CT, or a neck MRI.
“The imagine has got so much better that we’re used to picking up cancers decades earlier than we used to.”
An individual patient’s survival rate depends on what kind of thyroid cancer they have. Here are some of the most common signs of thyroid cancer.
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