Anti-cancer self-examination:five ways to check your thyroid

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Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University Cancer Center, Professor Wang Dong, director of Education warned that if the palpable mass in the neck and required special attention to the shape of mass, size, and surface is smooth, so as to early detection of diseases, early treatment.

The normal thyroid gland is a thin soft, invisible and intangible. Only swelling, can touch the collar part of mass, if the mass is pointless, and exist in isolation, did not rule out the possibility of thyroid cancer. Because the disease is initially without any obvious symptoms, the patient early detection is not easy, even when mass, it is often mistaken for other diseases, and delayed treatment.

To this end, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University Cancer Center, Professor Wang Dong, director of Education warned that if the palpable mass in the neck and required special attention to the shape of mass, size, and surface is smooth, so as to early detection of diseases, early treatment.

Mass Shape: shape, if like a butterfly, common in endemic goiter, thyroiditis, and some of hyperthyroidism; if a site appears round of thyroid tumor, more common in thyroid cyst, thyroid cancer.

Tumor size: lumps are enlarged or multiple nodules with diffuse swelling, mostly endemic goiter. But the cyst, such as more than 2 centimeters in diameter should be suspected for thyroid cancer.

Mass smoothness and Flex: using thumb and index finger touch the tumor surface, carefully, if the surface is smooth, mostly endemic goiter; the surface is not smooth, there's thyroiditis possible. If it is a single node enlargement and smooth surface, showing a sense of physical persons, should be suspected cancer.

Tumor growth rate: the slow growth of endemic goiter, course over several years; benign tumors and cysts of the course might take a few months to several years; while the mass of thyroid cancer increased rapidly, within 10 days, swelling evident.

Does touching lymph nodes: in the thyroid if the touch around the hard texture of the lymph nodes, should be highly suspected to be associated with regional lymph node metastasis of thyroid cancer.

In addition, the prevention of thyroid cancer is not a simple iodine. Because excessive iodine intake, can lead to thyroid cancer. In fact, the thyroid cancer risk factors is not clear, may be related to the soil, genetic factors, radiation exposure and other relevant. Therefore, the life should be avoided in head and neck X-ray radiation; avoid the use of estrogen; avoid eating fatty, spicy and other foods.

Right thyroid proliferative disease and aggressive treatment of benign tumors can also help prevent cancer. It is reported that malignant solitary thyroid nodule were about 20%, nodular goiter cancer accounted for 5%, accounted for 2% of malignant hyperthyroidism, simple goiter, there may be malignant.