Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

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Thyroid Cancer Treatment
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Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

• Diagnosis 
• Tests and procedures used to diagnose thyroid
  cancer 
• Physical examination
• Blood test  
• Ultrasound imaging  
• Removal of a sample of thyroid tissue  
• CT, MRI, and nuclear imaging tests that use the
  radioactive form of iodine 
• Genetic testing 
• Once youve been diagnosed for Thyroid Cancer,
  its treatment begins.
• Thyroid Cancer Treatment 
• Your thyroid cancer treatment options depend on
  the type and stage of your thyroid cancer, your
  overall health, and your preferences. 
• Surgery 
• Most people with thyroid cancer undergo surgery
  to remove the thyroid. Which operation your
  doctor might recommend depends on the type of
  thyroid cancer, the size of the tumour, whether
  cancer has spread beyond the thyroid, and the
  results of an ultrasound exam of the entire
  thyroid gland. 
• Operations used to treat thyroid cancer include 
• Removing all or most of the thyroid
  (thyroidectomy).  
• Removing a portion of the thyroid (thyroid
  lobectomy).  
• Removing lymph nodes in the neck (lymph node
  dissection).  

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• Thyroid hormone therapy 
• After thyroidectomy, you may take the thyroid
  hormone medication levothyroxine. 
• Two benefits -
• It supplies the missing hormone your thyroid
  would normally produce
•  It suppresses the production of
  thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from your
  pituitary gland. 
• Radioactive iodine 
• Radioactive iodine treatment is often used after
  thyroidectomy to destroy any remaining healthy
  thyroid tissue and microscopic areas of thyroid
  cancer that weren't removed during surgery.
  Radioactive iodine treatment may also treat
  thyroid cancer that recurs after treatment or
  spreads to other body areas. 
• External radiation therapy 
• External beam radiation therapy may be
  recommended if surgery isn't an option and your
  cancer continues to grow after radioactive iodine
  treatment. Radiation therapy may also be
  recommended after surgery if there's an increased
  risk that your cancer will recur. 
• Chemotherapy 
• It's sometimes recommended for people with
  anaplastic thyroid cancer. Chemotherapy may be
  combined with radiation therapy. 
• Targeted drug therapy 
• Targeted drug therapy for thyroid cancer targets
  the signals that tell cancer cells to grow and
  divide. It's typically used in advanced thyroid
  cancer. 

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Road, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bengaluru 560 027,
Karnataka, India 91 80 4660 7700

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•   info_at_hcgoncology.com

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