Thyroid cancer is a cancerous growth of the thyroid gland, which is located in the neck.
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After removing a growth in her thyroid gland, doctors concluded that cancer cells weren't present.
Radioiodine not taken up into the thyroid gland is excreted in your urine and saliva.
This means the "under-active" thyroid gland in her neck does not produce enough of the thyroxine hormone.
Without treatment, signs and symptoms gradually become more severe and your thyroid gland may become enlarged (goiter).
This causes your thyroid gland to shrink, and problems lessen gradually, usually over several weeks to several months.
Iodine-131 is known to accumulate in the thyroid gland, where it can cause cancer and other thyroid diseases.
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The recurrent laryngeal nerve also runs in close proximity to the thyroid gland.
The 39-year-old has been receiving radioactive iodine treatment since having a cyst and her thyroid gland removed in 2009.
The other hormone that gets a bad rap when it comes to causing anxiety is from your thyroid gland.
The signs and symptoms are mainly those of an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism).
Medullary thyroid cancer involves specific types of cells that are found in the thyroid gland and can occur spontaneously, or be part of a genetic syndrome.
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But the outfit was well-equipped with hand-held radiation detectors, full body suits with breathing hoods and ample supplies of potassium iodide, a preventive against radiation poisoning of the thyroid gland.
Despite being told there was a 5% chance that chemotherapy would affect a tumor in the trachea, the tumor has become softer since treatment and has moved away from the thyroid gland, which makes it easier to remove surgically.
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of the neck just below the Adam's apple.
These nodules are usually clumps of thyroid cells that are growing abnormally within the gland.
According to Johns Hopkins' Web site, thyroid nodules are lumps that commonly arise within the gland.
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