A study published in early February found that thyroid cancer has been overdiagnosed for over a decade, likely due to the increase in medical imaging. “What we found was that although the ...

But it also encourages growth of the cancer. These treatments are mostly used for thyroid cancers that are less common or more advanced: External beam radiation, or X-ray therapy, uses radiation ...

If you have thyroid cancer, you may be facing surgery ... Before surgery, you’ll have lab and imaging tests. They help the doctor know as much as possible about the cancer.

Country music singer Paul Cauthen revealed that he has thyroid cancer, which led him to cancel his tour. What does this ...

Most lumps or nodules in your thyroid—a gland in your neck—are not harmful and do not need treatment. But sometimes, they can ...

While both are called medullary carcinoma, these cancers differ in many ways: ...

Papillary and follicular thyroid cancers are considered well-differentiated cancers. Papillary thyroid cancer is the most prevalent type of thyroid cancer--with over 50,000 new cases per year in the ...

Ronnie Platt is assuring fans his cancer diagnosis is just a "bump in the road." The Kansas lead singer, 62, shared on Facebook Saturday that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, but he told ...

Additional symptoms can include an overactive or underactive thyroid gland. Thyroid cancer is diagnosed through blood tests and imaging. Blood testing allows physicians to determine whether the ...