Despite its small size, the butterfly-shaped thyroid gland that sits in the front of your neck has a rather large role in important body functions.
Thyroid Cancer
If someone feels a lump in their throat or neck, it’s worth going to a primary care physician to have them take a look and possibly schedule a sonogram to look for nodules in the throat.
Finding abnormal growths on your neck can be alarming. You know something’s not right, so you hop online, and a quick search reveals that among a long list of issues, it could be cancer. If the swelling or growth is around your Adam’s apple, it may be a goiter.
Typically, thyroid cancers can be broken down into three types: papillary carcinoma, follicular carcinoma and anaplastic. Other rare types of thyroid cancer include medullary thyroid cancer and primary thyroid lymphoma.
You ask the internet a lot of questions and Roswell Park has some answers. Our experts sat down to answer some of the internet's most-searched-for questions related to thyroid cancer.
September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. Everyone has a thyroid gland. Because there is no screening test for the disease, it's critical to understand and recognize the signs and symptoms so we can catch it early. Fortunately, thyroid cancers that are detected early are highly curable.
Thyroid nodules are common and found in 10 percent of the adult population. Luckily, 95 percent of them are benign. When a thyroid nodule is suspicious - meaning that it has characteristics that suggest thyroid cancer - the next step is usually a fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB).