Thyroid cancer

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.

Thyroid Cancer Main Page
Patient Information
Overview
Classification Papillary Thyroid Cancer Follicular Thyroid Cancer Medullary Thyroid Cancer Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Thyroid Lymphoma
Causes
Differential diagnosis

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Laboratory tests | Electrocardiogram | X Rays | CT | MRI Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other images | Alternative diagnostics

Treatment

Medical therapy | Surgical options | Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | Financial costs | Future therapies

References

• Bennedbæk F.N.; Perrild H.; Hegedüs L. (1999). "Diagnosis and treatment of the solitary thyroid nodule. Results of a European survey". Clinical Endocrinology. 50 (3): 357–363.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Carlo Ravetto, Luigia Colombo, Massimo E. Dottorini (2000). "Usefulness of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma". Cancer Cytopathology. 90 (6): 357–363.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Jacques Barbet, Loïc Campion, Françoise Kraeber-Bodéré, Jean-François Chatal, and the GTE Study Group (2005). "Prognostic Impact of Serum Calcitonin and Carcinoembryonic Antigen Doubling-Times in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 90 (11): 6077–6084.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

See also

• Chernobyl disaster (radioactive contamination is a cause of thyroid cancer)

External links

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Thyroid cancer
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• Thyroid Cancer Clinical Trials Page of the American Thyroid Association
• Nuclear Medicine Information =– Thyroid Diseases
• Thyroid Cancer- National Cancer Institute
• [2] - Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association