Medical Definition of Thyroid cancer
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A form of cancer that can occur in all age groups, particularly those who have had exposure to radiation.
Papillary carcinoma is the most common form of thyroid malignancy and usually affects women of child-bearing age. Symptoms include neck swelling, goitre, horse voice, cough, haemoptysis, diarrhoea and constipation.
Follicular carcinoma occurs with increased frequency in those who have had radiation exposure to the neck. Other risk factors include a family history of thyroid disease and history for goitre. Follicular carcinoma constitutes about 30% of all thyroid cancers. It has a greater rate of recurrence and metastasis than that of papillary carcinoma (the most common form of thyroid cancer). Symptoms include enlargement of the thyroid gland or neck swelling, change in voice, cough (occasionally bloody) and diarrhoea.
Papillary carcinoma is the most common thyroid cancer and usually affects women of child-bearing age.
Incidence: approximately in 1 in 1,000.
(02 Jan 1998)
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