Approximately 1.1% of people will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer at some point during their lifetime. All cancer starts when there is an uncontrolled amount of cell growth in the body and thyroid cancer is no different. Thyroid cancer is within the thyroid gland, in front of the neck just below the voice box. The thyroid gland absorbs iodine from the bloodstream and produces thyroid hormones which regulate your metabolism. Thyroid cancer has various causes and risk factors. Testing shows women are 2-3 time more likely to get thyroid cancer than men. Studies have also showed that ⅔ of all cases are discovered in the ages of 20-55. When diagnosed at the age 60+, anaplastic thyroid cancer is most common. Infant and adolescents can develop MTC,
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Thyroid cancer can be detected many way. If you have a lump in the front of your neck near the Adam’s apple, it may be a sign you have cancer. Also if you have hoarseness/voice changes, swollen glands in the neck, difficulty breathing, difficulty breathing, pain in the throat or neck, or a cough not caused by a cold. Other ways to tell if you have thyroid cancer other than having multiple symptoms is if you get a biopsy, have a physical examination or have a blood test to test your TSH and thyroid hormone levels. The survival rates for medullary, follicular and papillary thyroid cancers that have not spread past the thyroid is nearly 100% and the survival rate for thyroid cancer that has spread past the lymph nodes is around 98%. However, there are lots of ways to prevent thyroid cancer. Removing the thyroid gland in children who carry an abnormal MTC gene will most likely prevent cancer that might otherwise be fatal. Also making sure you don’t get exposed to lots radiation can be a key factor in preventing …show more content…
I learned about how common it is to get thyroid cancer, and with all the other cancers out there I’m surprised not everyone is dead because of cancer! I can now begin to understand how terrible the process of cancer is, and how awful it must be to have to experience something as traumatizing as this. As I learn more and more about thyroid cancer, I realize how appalling it is that something can literally kill you from the inside out and practically eat you alive. I hope that someday soon we will find cures to all the different kinds of cancers, and that no one will have to worry about cancer anymore, it will be a thing of the past. Nikolai Lenin once said, “The most important thing in illness is never to lose
Thyroid cancer can be detected many way. If you have a lump in the front of your neck near the Adam’s apple, it may be a sign you have cancer. Also if you have hoarseness/voice changes, swollen glands in the neck, difficulty breathing, difficulty breathing, pain in the throat or neck, or a cough not caused by a cold. Other ways to tell if you have thyroid cancer other than having multiple symptoms is if you get a biopsy, have a physical examination or have a blood test to test your TSH and thyroid hormone levels. The survival rates for medullary, follicular and papillary thyroid cancers that have not spread past the thyroid is nearly 100% and the survival rate for thyroid cancer that has spread past the lymph nodes is around 98%. However, there are lots of ways to prevent thyroid cancer. Removing the thyroid gland in children who carry an abnormal MTC gene will most likely prevent cancer that might otherwise be fatal. Also making sure you don’t get exposed to lots radiation can be a key factor in preventing …show more content…
I learned about how common it is to get thyroid cancer, and with all the other cancers out there I’m surprised not everyone is dead because of cancer! I can now begin to understand how terrible the process of cancer is, and how awful it must be to have to experience something as traumatizing as this. As I learn more and more about thyroid cancer, I realize how appalling it is that something can literally kill you from the inside out and practically eat you alive. I hope that someday soon we will find cures to all the different kinds of cancers, and that no one will have to worry about cancer anymore, it will be a thing of the past. Nikolai Lenin once said, “The most important thing in illness is never to lose