New Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer - Next Steps

A new diagnosis of thyroid cancer can really be a shock. The most important first steps are to 1) remain calm 2) become informed and 3) seek evaluation and care by doctors who are experts in thyroid cancer. Your thyroid cancer team will include an endocrinologist, ultrasonographer and expert thyroid cancer surgeon. In this video, Dr. Clayman discusses how the diagnosis of thyroid cancer is very rarely an urgent call to action. Produced by Dr Gary Clayman of the Clayman Thyroid Cancer Center in Tampa, FL.
Thyroid Cancer can be very scary words when you first hear them. But it really shouldn’t be that way. Becoming informed about thyroid cancer, its diagnosis and treatment should be your goal and is the purpose of ThyroidCancer.com. First, take a deep breath and relax. Thyroid cancer is slow moving in almost all cases, so you have time to learn and time to find the best thyroid cancer doctors. Only the most rare types of thyroid cancers require urgent action. In fact, for almost all people, the new diagnosis of thyroid cancer is almost never an urgency. Watch this video, take a deep breath and relax. Identify the right thyroid cancer experts to evaluate and care for you. You need doctors who have expertise in thyroid cancer treatment, not just the “guy down the street”. You need a thyroid cancer expert in the doctors doing your evaluation (thyroid ultrasound), surgery (thyroid cancer surgeon), and endocrinologist. Make sure that you are in the best of hands.