Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid Cancer is a disease that you get when unusual cells start to develop in thyroid organ. It forms like a butterfly and is situated in the front of your neck. It makes hormones that controls & becomes active with the body work regularly. 

Symptoms are swelling neck, breathing difficulty, steady wheezing & hacking voice. Treatment includes Surgery to remove the part of the thyroid gland, radioactive iodine to destroy any remaining thyroid tissue. TSH suppression therapy prevents any remaining cancer cells.

Ongoing Research is being done at Thyroid Cancer Centers. The incidence rate was 6.56 cases per 100,000 people, he report showed that women are at far higher risk than men, with an incidence rate of more than 10 per 100,000.