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You have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. You have undergone surgery. What happens next? Do you need Iodine-131 therapy? Do you need an Iodine-131 scan? And what is the role of thyroglobulin? These are some of the most common questions patients ask after surgery...

It was still dark when Renukamma stepped down into the courtyard. She had made that step ten thousand times. This time she misjudged it, went over sideways, and caught her right shin on the edge of the stone water channel, opening a gash from below the knee. Her son...

Thyroid nodules are benign, but roughly 5–10% are malignant. Nodules are considered higher risk when they're solid rather than fluid-filled, irregular in shape, taller than wide on ultrasound, or found in a patient with a family history of thyroid cancer. Hard texture...

With the increasing use of neckultrasounds, we are detecting many thyroid nodules that may have gone unnoticedin the past. Naturally, this can make patients wonder: “Do I needtreatment?” The reassuring answer is: No, not allthyroid nodules are dangerous. Only around...

Have you noticed that more people today are being diagnosed with thyroid cancer? This does not necessarily mean that thyroid cancer has suddenly become much more aggressive or common in everyone. A major reason is that we are finding small thyroid cancers more...

A second opinion before thyroid cancer surgery is worth getting whenever the diagnosis is uncertain, the case is rare or complex, or the recommended surgery is extensive and irreversible. Pathology review alone changes the diagnosis or treatment plan in a meaningful...

Thyroidectomy, a surgical procedure to remove all or part of the thyroid gland, offers a solution that addresses the issues at their source. According to Dr. Sandeep Nayak, a renowned specialist in thyroid surgery in Bangalore: “Thyroidectomy can effectively treat...

Solid, hypoechoic nodules with irregular margins or microcalcifications on ultrasound carry a meaningfully higher cancer risk than smooth, fluid-filled ones, even though most thyroid nodules, over 90 percent, turn out to be benign. Size alone doesn't predict...

Genetic testing for medullary thyroid cancer looks for mutations in the RET gene, which are responsible for roughly a quarter of all MTC cases and decide whether the disease is hereditary. A positive result changes almost everything about how the disease gets managed,...