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Thyroid Cancer Research

Question: I have been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer and am looking for any good websites to research it.? I would like to know the survival rate, alternatives to surgery and radiation. I am also interested in natural cures as I am still breastfeeding.

Answer: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/thyroidcancer.html http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/thyroid-cancer/DS00492 http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/thyroid http://www.medicinenet.com/thyroid_cancer/page4.htm#toc6at The prognosis is excellent, IF you get it treated by conventional means. If it is confined to the thyroid, I think I would opt for surgical option rather than radiatioactive iodine therapy. Why are you opposed to the surgical approach? You might want to discuss with the surgeon, and get a second opinion from an endocrinologist, putting it off, while closely watching it, until you are no longer breastfeeding. But that baby needs a healthy mom who is going to be around at least another couple of decades. Please don't turn to alternative medicine for this.


Thyroid Cancer Research News

Letter: Support thyroid cancer awareness

Greenville Daily Reflector
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An Invisible Chief Justice

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It was hard to call his death unexpected, because he had been seriously ill with thyroid cancer for nearly a year. But just six weeks earlier, ...
 

Local writes book about surviving battle with cancer

Cedartown Standard
... leukemia, liver cancer, myeloma, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, ovarian cancer and thyroid cancer ? are as diverse as their age range is wide. ...
 

Sister inspires Clemente candidate Breslow

OaklandAthletics.com
... a pediatric thyroid cancer survivor, in hopes of heightening awareness, mobilizing support and raising funds for childhood cancer research. ...
 

The Survivors Club

Jennifer Grey Opens Up About Surviving Thyroid Cancer
The Survivors Club
 

Treatment for metastatic melanoma shows promise in preliminary trials

Boston Globe (blog)
Tumors also shrank in three patients with thyroid cancer and the BRAF mutation. In the second phase, 24 patients' tumors shrank and two patients' tumors ...
 

WILCOX v. HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY

Leagle.com
... be a substantial contribution to the causes of the liver cancer, thyroid cancer, and bladder cancer of Plaintiffs Harriet Wilcox, Darlene Cowart-Serna, ...
 

Ex-Hoffman High coach raising money for cancer research

Chicago Daily Herald
Instead, Ferguson is using the time he has to make his mark on the world of cancer research in an impactful way -- raising cash. Anaplastic thyroid cancer ...
 

Green Scene: Testing the waters

Mountain Xpress
You are a survivor of thyroid cancer. When were you diagnosed? When I was 11 years old, in 2005 ? we didn't know about the CTS facility at that time. ...
 

High Efficacy of Concomitant Treatment of Undifferentiated (Anaplastic ...

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Context: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a rare but aggressive solid tumor with a very short survival time even with multimodality treatment. ...
 

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