In honor of Thyroid Awareness Month, we are exploring the causes of thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer in our community.

Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer is more clinically aggressive and can be challenging to treat. These cancers can spread (metastasizes) to the neck lymph nodes, lungs, and bones. Poorly ...

Neck ultrasonography is widely used for follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC ... pathological findings from dissected lymph nodes of 19 patients who underwent neck ...

The thyroid gland's health can significantly impact metabolism and growth. Recognizing signs such as a persistent neck lump, difficulty swallowing, voice changes, and other symptoms may indicate ...

It’s true that this butterfly-shaped gland in your neck keeps your metabolism on course, but it is not to blame every time things go south. Experts share thyroid myths to stop believing now.

A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Lymph nodes are small, round or bean-shaped glands. They remove germs from your body, help ...

The two major steps of iodine metabolism—uptake and organification—are altered in thyroid cancer tissues ... obtained following TSH stimulation and neck ultrasonography is the most sensitive ...

You might be in hospital for around 5 days depending on your recovery. Lymph nodes form a network of glands throughout your body. Cancer can spread to the lymph nodes and make them bigger (enlarged).