Thyroid cancer occurs in the cells of the thyroid.
Your thyroid produces hormones that regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and weight.
Thyroid cancer might not cause any symptoms at first. But as it grows, it can cause pain and swelling in your neck.
Most cases of thyroid cancer can be cured with treatment.
As thyroid cancer grows, it may cause:
- A lump (nodule) that can be felt through the skin on your neck
- Changes to your voice
- Difficulty swallowing
- Pain in your neck and throat
- Swollen lymph nodes in your neck
Factors that may increase the risk of thyroid cancer include:
- Female sex.
- Exposure to high levels of radiation.
- Certain inherited genetic syndromes.
Oncologists distinguish between different forms.
Types of thyroid cancer include:
- Papillary thyroid cancer.
- Follicular thyroid cancer.
- Anaplastic thyroid cancer.
- Medullary thyroid cancer.
- Other rare types. Other very rare types of cancer that start in the thyroid include thyroid lymphoma.
Source:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/thyroid-cancer/symptoms-
causes/syc-20354161
