Thyroid Cancer Treatment: How is it treated and are there any alternatives to surgery?

Today, Dr. Roy is walking you through a how thyroid cancer is treated. She will briefly go over thyroid surgery, the most successful treatment option, as well as whether or not there are alternatives to surgery. She also details what to look for when selecting a thyroid surgeon.
Thyroid cancer is relatively common enough so that all of us will know somebody with thyroid cancer. There are more than 50,000 new cases of thyroid cancer each year in the United States. Women are more likely to develop thyroid cancer at a ratio of three to one. Thyroid cancer can occur in any age group, although it is most common after age 30 and its aggressiveness increases significantly in patients above 55 years of age. Thus, most people with thyroid cancer are women over age 30. The majority of patients present with a nodule on their thyroid which typically does not cause symptoms.
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Dr. Rashmi Roy, Senior Surgeon at the Clayman Thyroid Center & Hospital for Endocrine Surgery, is unquestionably one of the most experienced thyroid surgeons in the US. Dr. Roy operates on a significant number of patients with thyroid goiters, many of whom other surgeons refuse because of their complexities.
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