Topic: Thyroid Cancer

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Thyroid Problems

What Are Thyroid Problems? . Through the hormones it produces, the thyroid gland influences almost all of the metabolic processes in your body...
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Thyroid Cancer

What is thyroid cancer? . Thyroid cancer is a disease that you get when abnormal cells begin to grow in your thyroid gland . The thyroid gland is...
Cindy Crawford will be featured in a public service announcement (PSA) promoting thyroid cancer awareness, according to the group producing the PSA...

Not all thyroid cancers need treatment: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with papillary thyroid cancer that hasn't spread beyond the thyroid gland appear to have good outcomes regardless of whether or not they are treated, new research shows.Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common type of

Acrylamide not tied to thyroid, head-neck cancers

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The chemical acrylamide, which is classified as a probable cancer-causing agent, does not appear to increase overall risk for mouth, throat, voice box, or thyroid cancers, with one possible exception, study findings hint.Beside

Thyroid cancer may be more common near volcanoes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who live in volcanic areas may have an elevated risk of developing thyroid cancer, a new study suggests.Italian researchers found that between 2002 and 2004, rates of papillary thyroid cancer -- the most common form of t

Thyroid cancer a risk after childhood cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood cancer survivors are 18 times more likely to develop thyroid cancer than the general population, UK researchers report."Survival after childhood cancer has greatly improved over the last three decades with 5-year surv