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Thyroid Cancer

What is thyroid cancer?

Thyroid cancer is a cancer that starts in the tissues of the thyroid. Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the front of your neck. It makes hormones that control the way the body uses energy. These hormones affect nearly every organ in your body and control many of your body's most important functions. For example, they affect your breathing, heart rate, weight, digestion, and moods.

What are the different types of thyroid cancer?

There are different types of thyroid cancer; the main ones include:

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  1. Thyroid Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is thyroid cancer? Thyroid cancer is a cancer that starts in the tissues of the thyroid. Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in ... and moods. What are the different types of thyroid cancer? There are different types of thyroid cancer; the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/thyroidcancer.html - Health Topics
  2. Thyroid cancer 
    Thyroid cancer is a cancer that starts in the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is located inside the ... Thyroid cancer can occur in people of any age. Radiation increases the risk of developing thyroid cancer. Exposure ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001213.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Thyroid cancer - papillary carcinoma 
    About 85% of all thyroid cancers diagnosed in the United States are the papillary carcinoma type. It is more common in women than in men. It ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000331.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Thyroid cancer - medullary carcinoma 
    ... in children and adults. Unlike other types of thyroid cancer, MTC is less likely to be caused by ... hyperparathyroidism or pancreatic endocrine tumors Other types of thyroid cancer include: Anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid Follicular tumor ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000374.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Cabozantinib (thyroid cancer) 
    ... is used to treat a certain type of thyroid cancer that is getting worse and that has spread ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a613015.html - Drugs and Supplements
  6. Thyroid nodule 
    ... gland. These growths can be: Not cancer (benign), thyroid cancer (malignant), or very rarely, other cancers or infections ... Only a few thyroid nodules are due to thyroid cancer . A thyroid nodule is more likely to be ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007265.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Radioiodine therapy 
    ... thyroid gland and, if the treatment is for thyroid cancer, any thyroid cancer cells that might have traveled and settled in ... Radioiodine therapy is used to treat hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer . Hyperthyroidism occurs when your thyroid gland makes excess ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007702.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Anaplastic thyroid cancer 
    Anaplastic thyroid cancer is an invasive type of thyroid cancer that grows very rapidly. It occurs most often in people ... for only about less than 1% of all thyroid cancers in the United States.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000352.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Childhood Thyroid Cancer Treatment From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Thyroid Cancer/Children ... Thyroid Cancer ... Cancer in Children/Treatments and Therapies ... Cancer in Children ... Head and Neck Cancer/Children ... Head and Neck Cancer ... Childhood ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../patient/child-thyroid-treatment-pdq - External Health Links
  10. Treatment Option Overview (Thyroid Cancer) From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Thyroid Cancer/Treatments and Therapies ... Thyroid Cancer ... National Cancer Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Thyroid cancer treatments include ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../thyroid/patient/thyroid-treatment-pdq#_67 - External Health Links
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