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Here's What To Do If You're Worried About Your Thyroid (Thyroid Cancer 101 - Part 4)

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Channel: Columbia University Department of Surgery · 2014 · Science & Technology

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Dr. James Lee, MD, Chief of Endocrine Surgery, Co-Director of the Thyroid Center, Columbia University Medical Center.

"The key thing is that if you have a family history of thyroid cancer, if you had radiation exposure especially as a child to the head and neck area, or if you're just concerned about your thyroid in general, the key thing is to have it examined by your physicians. Typically if your physicians feel a nodule or feel something suspicious in your thyroid, they'll send you for an ultrasound to see if you actually have any nodules.

For patients who have risk factors for thyroid cancer--either a family history of thyroid cancer, radiation exposure as a young child, or one of a number of rare genetic syndromes like multiple endocrine neoplasia--should undergo a surveillance program where they have a physical examination by their physicians and perhaps an ultrasound periodically just to make sure there's nothing concerning in the thyroid."

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