Cancer treatments have changed dramatically, thanks to new drugs, new technology, and new understandings of how those cancers work. That's especially true of thyroid cancer, where doctors say less can be more.
Thyroid cancer treatments have changed dramatically, thanks to new drugs, new technology, and new understandings of how those cancers work.
One frequent spot is the thyroid, that butterfly-shaped gland in the neck that produces hormones affecting everything from breathing and heart rate, to your weight and moods. "We not only look at the size of the nodule, but also the features, or characteristics of the nodule," he says."Using needles finer than the needles used for a blood draw, we go into the nodule a few times to make sure we are getting good samples," he notes.Not long ago, a cancer diagnosis routinely meant removing the whole thyroid.Patients with low-risk tumors up to four centimeters may only need half of the gland removed.
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