Thyroid Cancer

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Common Risk Factors

Exposure to radiation.
Family history of thyroid cancer.
Family history of multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes. These are hormone-secreting tumors that may have caused chronic constipation, diarrhea, low blood sugar, nervousness or high blood pressure.
Sex. Thyroid cancer is two to three times more common in women than men.
Age. Papillary and follicular thyroid cancer are most common in young adults. Anaplastic thyroid cancer is more likely in older people.

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This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.


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