I wasn’t prepared for what he told me next. “You have textbook thyroid cancer and it is really far spread into your lymph nodes.” I had delayed seeing a doctor because I thought I was ...

While doctors haven’t pinpointed exact causes, certain factors significantly increase your chances of developing thyroid cancer. Women face three times higher risk than men, particularly between ...

In 2012, a routine check-up revealed a lump in her neck that turned out to be thyroid cancer. The dancer, model, and mom of four encouraged people to seek routine preventive care. "I took that ...

In the largest study of its kind involving a diabetic population, the use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) drugs shows no significantly increased risk for thyroid cancer ...

First-time treatment with Lenvima continues to outperform other treatments for thyroid cancer. The Food and Drug Administration issued six approvals for solid tumors in June, including thyroid, ...

Adults with type 2 diabetes using a GLP-1 drug have a similar risk for thyroid cancer as those using other diabetes drugs, though increased thyroid cancer risk was observed in the first year after ...

One the other hand, official guidelines recommending against screening for thyroid cancer 7 have thus far only been able to halt the increase in thyroid cancer diagnoses rather than resulting in a ...

Medscape Medical News, November 18, 2024 ATA 2024 Managing Long-Term Health Risks in Thyroid Cancer Survivors ATA 2024 spotlighted new research to help endocrinologists manage the subsequent ...

On Wednesday, Thyroid Cancer survivor, Brittany Mckelvey, joined Good Morning Washington to share her story and how Nuclear Medicine saved her life.

In some cases, doctors may use the test to diagnose thyroid cancer, or other damage to the thyroid. However, the test is not entirely conclusive. According to the National Health Service (NHS ...

That put Jackson, a cancer survivor, on the path to launching the Center for Food Equity in Medicine. The nonprofit works to address food insecurity among cancer patients, says Jackson ...