Malignancy of thyroid cancer and symptoms

DEFINITIONS

Thyroid cancer is a malignancy of the thyroid that has 4 types: papillary, follicular, anaplastic, or medullary. Cancer rarely causes enlargement of the gland, more often causes a small growth (nodule) in the gland. Most are benign thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer is usually curable.

Thyroid cancer often limits the ability to absorb iodine and limit the ability to produce thyroid hormone, but sometimes cancer produce enough thyroid hormone, causing hyperthyroidism.

Thyroid nodules tend to be malignant if it:
- just found one
- Skening thyroid nodules do not indicate that the function
- nodulnya solid and does not have fluid (cystic)
- nodulnya hard
- rapid growth.

Disease and symptoms of thyroid cancer

Description

Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common cancer of the thyroid gland.

This cancer is more often affects women than men. This cancer generally strikes people between the ages of 20 to 40 years, although did not rule occur in children. The cause of this cancer is not clearly known. Suspected genetic defects affect this disease. High-dose external radiation to the neck increases the risk of developing thyroid cancer.

thyroid cancer symptoms

Thyroid cancer usually begins as small bumps (nodules) in the thyroid gland, located at the front of the neck. However, it should be emphasized that most thyroid bumps are harmless and non cancerous (benign).