September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, a month designated to help increase visibility for this often-overlooked cancer. To help in this effort to raise awareness, here are some key resources on thyroid cancer featured here at the About.com Thyroid Disease site:
Thyroid cancer is one of the few cancers that is actually increasing in the U.S. This is just one of many facts you can read about in this article on Thyroid Cancer Statistics.
Why Are More People Being Diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer? The experts have some thoughts and theories.
A self-check can be the first step in identifying thyroid cancer, and this article teaches you how to perform your own Thyroid Neck Check.
Risk factors for thyroid cancer include iodine deficiency, radiation exposure, heredity, genetics, age, and gender. Find out more about these Thyroid Cancer Risk Factors.
Thyroid cancer often starts without symptoms, but once a thyroid tumor grows, symptoms can appear. This article on Thyroid Cancer Symptoms looks at the range of symptoms that may signal thyroid cancer.
Diagnosis of thyroid cancer typically involves a number of procedures and tests, including a physical exam, biopsy, fine needle aspiration biopsy / FNA, a nuclear scan / radioactive iodine uptake / RAI-U, CT scan, magnetic resonance imaging / MRI, thyroid ultrasound, and blood tests. Learn more about Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis now.
Most thyroid cancer is first diagnosed by detecting a lump or nodule. Find out more in this in-depth review of Thyroid Nodules, Thyroid Lumps, and Goiter.
Once a nodule is found, you'll want to explore this article on Thyroid Nodules: Evaluating for Cancer.
Nodules typically are biopsied. Information about Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) for your thyroid nodule, featuring advice from an expert cytopathologist, is discussed in Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies of the Thyroid - Q&A.
You may want to get a second opinion on a suspicious or inconclusive nodule. This interview with Dr. Barry M. Shmookler, a surgical pathologist, discusses Second Opinions on Thyroid Nodules.
Most thyroid cancer patients end up having surgery. Find out what to expect from thyroid surgery, how to find a thyroid surgeon, and surgical followup in Thyroid Surgery: An Introduction.
The latest surgical techniques are less invasive and require shorter hospital stays. Learn more about
Outpatient Thyroid Surgery and a type of thyroid surgery that doesn't even involve a scratch on the neck, known as Endoscopic Axillary Underarm Thyroidectomy.
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