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Symptoms of Thyroid Cancer
A hoarse voice, some pain in the neck region, and large lymph nodes are some symptoms of thyroid cancer. While thyroid cancer occurs at any age, it becomes more prominent as age increases and is most common in the mid-thirties.
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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