BLOOM (TAMPA)- For many patients, thyroid surgery doesn’t have to leave a scar across the front of the neck. Robotic techniques allow expert surgeons to remove the thyroid through small incisions ...

Sometimes in medical treatments, less is more. That's the case with thyroid cancer, where doctors now find that less drastic surgery, or no surgery at all, is the best course. Early in his career, Dr.

Thyroid nodules commonly develop in humans and are variable in size, shape and location. Most of these growths are not cancer but may create symptoms of discomfort over time depending on the size, and ...

Arkansas Republican gubernatorial nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this month and on Friday “underwent a successful surgery to remove my thyroid and ...

Thyroid disease is common, yet many of the symptoms are nonspecific. Here, the number-one sign your thyroid is off that ...

Microwaves could offer an alternative to surgery for some people with thyroid cancer, a new study suggests. Microwave ablation, which uses heat to destroy tumors, more effectively targeted thyroid ...

Plus, when to see a doctor.

According to the national average, most patients with this type of cancer are diagnosed at age 51, typically after they exhibit its most common symptoms.

Thyroid eye disease (TED) occurs in about 40% of people with Graves’ disease. Surgery may help when TED affects eye function or structure. Orbital decompression creates more space behind the eye by ...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday she had surgery to remove her thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes after cancer was found in the area. Sanders, 40, said in a ...