The butterfly gland in our body, the thyroid gland, is responsible for regulating metabolic activity. Malfunctioning of the thyroid gland may lead to hypothyroidism where there is overproduction of ...
Patients with primary thyroid cancer who receive radioactive iodine therapy have an elevated risk for melanoma and other nonkeratinocyte skin cancers when limiting the cancer site to the head and neck ...
This may involve regular imaging studies such as ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), iodine-131 diagnostic scans, or positron-emission tomography (PET) to assess for the presence of cancer cells in ...