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Thyroid Cancer |
Malignant Thymoma; Thymus Cancer |
Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland. There are four forms: papillary, follicular, medullary and anaplastic. The most common forms (papillary and follicular) are fairly benign, and the medullary form also has a good prognosis if it is restricted to the thyroid gland and a poorer prognosis if there has been spread; the anaplastic form is fast-growing and poorly responsive to therapy. Masses of the thyroid are diagnosed by fine needle aspiration (FNA) or frequently by thyroidectomy ( ...
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Thyroid Cancer Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American Thyroid Association http://www.thyroid.org/
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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