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Thyroid Cancer
Symptoms of Thyroid Cancer
Most people get a nodule on their thyroid, 9 of 10 are non-cancerous and the rare cancerous nodule does not manifest itself with any symptoms. However, when a thyroid cancer does grow within a gland, it appears as a small nodule within the thyroid. An alarming 3/4th of the populace has thyroid nodules but these are normally benign, non-cancerous nodules. Youngsters will not usually have any thyroid nodules, however, as they grow older, almost all of them develop a nodule at some point in their lives. By the time people reach the age of 80, 9 of 10 have a minimum of at least one nodule. The good news is that less than 1% of thyroid nodules are malignant or cancerous.
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