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10 Facts About Thyroid Cancer. (2018, January 12). Retrieved from https://pearlpoint.org/10-facts-about-thyroid-cancer/

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The thyroid gland looks like a butterfly

The thyroid is a part of the endocrine system

Your thyroids main function is to control the metabolism

There are 4 types of cancers: Papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic

Radioactive iodine is the most common treatment for thyroid cancer

Thyroid cancer ribbon is pink, teal, and blue

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Thyroid Nodules and Cancer in the Elderly - Endotext - NCBI Bookshelf. (2018, December 3). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK278969/

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Definition of Thyroid cancer. (2018, December 27). Retrieved from https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8693

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The most common thyroid cancer the are the most curable ones. There’s a 98% cure rate if treated properly for people under the age of 50 with papillary or follicular cancer. Thyroid cancer affects the elders more than anyone, the age they usually become diagnosed is 65 years of age. Despite the test they’ve done the overall survival is very low. 20% around 3-5 months with 1 year survival.

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The thyroid is located in the front of your neck, the thyroid produces thyroid hormone which are good for your body. When the body starts to show some of the symptoms of thyroid cancer your doctor should take some test to see if you do have cancer or just the Hashimoto disease. If there is cancer detected in the body it is very treatable.

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Eating healthy foods like vegetables, fruits, low animal fat, and salmon can reduce the chance have receiving any disease or cancer, also keeping a healthy body weight.

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In this surgery the doctor will remove your thyroid to prevent any cancer developing in the thyroid.

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It is unknown what causes thyroid cancer but there are some risk factors that could have ways of giving you thyroid cancer. Family genetics, exspoed to high levels of radiation, and certein hereditary syndroms can be risk factor to causing thyroid cancer.

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If the cancer spread to the lymph nodes in the neck, then they would have to be removedduring the surgery when the thyroid is being removed. This treatment is very important for Medullary thyroid cancer and anaplastic cancer. The lymph node removal is for papillary or follicular cancer when 1 or 2 nodes become enlarged, they may be removed any left over cancer cells that were left behind from the treatment will be treated with radioactive iodine.

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Thyroidectomy is a surgery that is similar to Lobectomy, the surgery is done the same way as Lobectomy treatment. After this treatment the patient would have to take thyroid hormone pills, but the doctor will be able to watch for disease recurrence after doing Radioiodine scans and thyroglobulin blood test.

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This treatment can diagnose people with thyroid cancer if an FNA biopsy results doesn’t show a clear biopsy. This treatment is also used on different Thyroid cancers  that shows no signs beyond the thyroid. The surgeon would go in through the neck and remove the lobe containing cancer from the body. After the operation patients might not need to take thyroid hormone pills because the surgery leaves part of the gland behind. When leaving some of the thyroid behind could cause cancer recurrence after the treatment which would be found in some test like radioiodine scans and thyroglobulin blood test.

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If thyroid cancer is found from removing thyroid tissue then surgery is usually the case for removing the problem. In the surgery they would remove the tumor and part or all of the remaining thyroid gland usually recemened.

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The doctor does a history check on your family to see if there are any genes which would give you a more risk of getting thyroid cancer.

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A Imaging test is when the doctor uses computerized tomography scans, positron emission tomography or ultrasound to see if the cancer has moved beyond the thyroid.

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With this procedure they take a long thin needle and insert it through your skin to your thyroid, with the needle the doctor is remove suspicious thyroid tissues. After that the doctor will do some test on the removed tissue and look for cancer cells.

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Blood test are taken to see if the thyroid gland is functioning normally.

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During a physical exam a doctor will take a look at your body and mainly your thyroid and then ask and do a background check of family history in thyroid cancer.

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Swelling in the neck

Pain in the front of the next, sometimes going up to the ears

A lump in the neck, sometimes growing quickly

Trouble swallowing

Trouble breathing

Hoarseness or other voice changes that do not go away

A constant cough not due to a cold