Thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer are often found in accordance in the tests for different reasons.
With the increase and dissemination of sensitivity proportions of imaging technologies, it can be ensured that thyroid cancers are diagnosed with both more frequent diagnosis and earlier. Thyroid cancer in which thyroid nodules can lead to thyroid cancer sound hicky, swallowing and breathing can also progress to no complaint as symptoms such as coughing, such as coughing. Memorial Health Group MedStar Antalya Hospital Endocrinology and Metabolism Diseases Department of Diseases. Dr. Uğur Alpine Göksu, thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer and treatment methods.
Even after 40 years can be seen
Thyroid cancer; Those who have a history of thyroid cancer in their family are more common in radiation and more common in individuals over 40 years of age. In addition, thyroid cancer can develop depending on the radioactivity after nuclear accidents. 40 years after these accidents are reported. Especially during childhood, the high dose radiation is exposed to the risk of thyroid cancer. In this period, the condition of exposure to radiation exposure in the treatment processes applied due to other cancers, it must be very careful to protect the neck region.
Symptoms in thyroid cancer
May not give any symptoms in the early period in thyroid cancer. Most of the time, during the examination of the nodules in the examination of the doctors in the examination of the nodules, or in the imaging methods applied to the neck region (such as neck ultrason, IT, MR, PET CT, such as non-thyroid reasons can be found. The growth of the nodule diagnosed with cancer may be very slowly, as it may be very slowly. Some people can see this growth and can be expressed as a feeling of growth in this situation.
Other symptoms seen in thyroid cancer are;
Harness or difficulty in conversation
The hassle in breathing
Swallowiness
Cough
Priority treatment of thyroid cancer is surgery
In the treatment of thyroid cancer, the staging process indicates where the disease starts in the thyroid gland or outside the cloth. It is very important to determine the type of cancer, the type of cancer for the current, effective and accurate treatment in thyroid cancer, exhaust and accompanying diseases. The treatment of thyroid cancers is primarily surgery. Surgical procedure; involve the surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland. In addition, the lymph node may be required depending on the prevalence and type. The lymph node can be interfered when the first surgical intervention can be removed during the follow-up sometimes after follow-up. In tumors less than 1 cm, there is no lymph node involvement, and the only lobectomy is limited to the single lobectomy can be done. Nowadays, these very small tumors can be followed by the expert without surgical transactions.
Target is the destruction of cancer cells
Patients after surgery (transaction) receives lifetime thyroid hormone therapy. In cases where surgical treatment is not sufficient, radioactive iodine treatment may be required by the direction of the expert.
After surgical proceedings, endocrinology and metabolism diseases are directed to the relevant section for the implementation of radioactive treatment. It is the destruction of target thyroid cells in the treatment of radioactive iodine. In non-thyroid organs, the possibility of side effects are less but some patients affect the salivary glands and cause dryness. May increase the development of other cancers in recurrent high doses. The use of low doses for this reduces this risk to a minimum. New drugs have been used in cases of advanced thyroid cancer. However, these drugs can slow the growth of cancer or create the part.
Routine follow-up is vital
In the treatment of thyroid cancer, external radiotherapy and chemotherapy used in high dose x-rays that kill cancer cells can be applied. Treatment of thyroid hormone; The TSH value by the surgical or radioactive treatment is the TSH value, where there is no additional disease and the appropriate dose adjustment according to the stage. Although thyroid cancer initially treated successfully, it can sometimes be repeated in some patients after years. At routine follow-up, the patient's physical examination, blood and imaging tests are very important to examine. Tiroite hormone tests should be carried out regularly, the thyroid hormone level should be evaluated by endocrinology and metabolism diseases. If thyroid cancer repeats or spreads, surgical intervention, radioactive iodine treatment, external beam treatment or chemotherapy can be applied after medical examination.