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

The thyroid gland's health can significantly impact metabolism and growth. Recognizing signs such as a persistent neck lump, ...

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 ...

Also, neck lumps aren’t always related to the thyroid—they can be caused by swollen lymph nodes or cysts, which often go away on their own. Still, if you notice a lump that’s not going away ...

Irritations such as allergies or post-nasal drip can also cause lymph nodes to swell. Other possible causes include thyroid nodules, cysts or non-cancerous tumors. Most benign lumps tend to go ...

Around 80-90% of thyroid cancer cases are papillary cancer. Papillary cancer can spread to the lymph nodes in the neck, and in rare cases to the lungs. Fortunately, papillary thyroid cancer is the ...

Sentinel lymph nodes are those that directly drain the lymph from the primary tumour ... Several pathologies of the endocrine system can be diagnosed using nuclear medicine studies. The most common of ...

The TNM classification protocol (tumor size, presence of lymph nodes, distant metastases) and age is the general tumor risk assessment algorithm. A number of thyroid-specific staging protocols ...

The swelling can occur in the arm, breast, chest or leg area. Patients who have had their lymph nodes removed due to cancer are more likely to develop lymphedema. If you have had a lymph node ...