has my daughter got thyroid cancer?

Question

at eighteen years old my daughter developed a goitre and had an ultrasound scan which showed an8mm nodule on her thyroid she was supossed to go every six months for a blood test but didnt go finally last month she went to the doctors for an unrelated problem. he examined her neck and referred her to the hospital the consultant things the nodule has grown to about 2 cms and we are now waiting for and ultrasound scan and FNA biopsy she is now twenty one and I am very concerned

Answer 1

Unfortunately, single nodules are more likely to be cancerous than goiters that involve multiple nodules. If your daughter has a single nodule that is increasing in size, the physician will certainly order a fine needle aspiration and further testing to determine if the tumor is cancerous.

Fortunately, thyroid cancer is one of the easiest cancers to cure (if the cells are of the most frequently seen "papillary or follicular" type); 95-97% of patients with this type of cancer experience complete irradication.

Treatment usually includes surgical removal of the thyroid combined with I-131 whole body irradation to "ablate" the remaining cancer/thyroid cells. The patient is then placed on lifelong T4 suppression therapy (use of higher-than-normal-doses of thyroxine [aka: Synthroid]) and the TSH level is maintained at less than 0.1. TSH stimulates thyroid cells to produce thyroid hormone. The theory is that by supressing TSH to nearly indetectable levels, any remaining cancer cells will be rendered inactive.

If your daughter's nodule turns out to be cancerous, be certain she is treated by a surgeon who has completed more than 100 thyroidectomies. By ensuring experience in this area, she stands less chance of parathyroid damage which controls the calcium levels in her body.

Good luck to you both!

Answer 2

I am sorry this must be scary. There is a possibility of cancer but you have to wait until the biopsy results to know what to do next. My mother had a nodule on her thyroid and the biopsy results were not clear so they ended up removing her thyroid. Which was difficult since it takes a while until the hormones were level. So she had a lot of muscle pain and other symptoms. She is fine now with no issues. So try to think positively and I hope the biopsy results come out good.

Answer 3

There is a group you can join that is just for thyroid cancer questions see source below. I had a single nodule and had the FNA biopsy. Mine was inconclusive so surgery was done. Just thought you might like to know about the group. Other members can give you some insight into thier diagnosis and if she does have thyroid cancer then questions can be posted about what to expect.,

Answer 4

They had a research paper out a few years ago saying that the best cancer fighter was Interferon, at $15,000 a gram. What the paper also said was that Interferon was a product of the natural breakdown of Vitimin C in your system. A few months later the FDA tried to make Vitimin C a perscription drug. Guess why??? The FDA says that the RDA for Vit C is 65 mg a day. That is enought to stave off scruvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prive for his discovery and work with Vit C said 1000 mg a day normally and 2000mg a day if you get sick. He played tennis up until the day he died at 96. It makes sense. I took large doses of Vit C when I was sick, a week flat on my back twice a year and after 20 years the doctors had no idea what my problem was. Vit C increased daily over a week and following a bell curve over the 2 weeks, 40,000 mg a day at the peak and 300,000mg over 2 weeks, and I was completely asymptomatic. Doing that for 2 years and I have not been sick in 10 years now. You might look into it.

Answer 5

Wow, she should have gone for her tests. They should have immediately biopsied that rather than let it go. Did they stage the cancer? Your best outcome is if it's in stage one. Stage two means it's spread elsewhere in the body.

I don't know much about that type of cancer, but my son had lymphoma and it was localized (all in one spot) and stage one. He had three chemos and its gone, but they are still watching him closely and we're not out of the woods yet. I don't know if you are ever out of the woods with cancer but the earlier it's caught the better, and do follow up with all the checkups after. They will watch you for years.

Good luck. Chances are they will use chemo and radiation for that but in some cases they will remove the whole thyroid.

Answer 6

I had a cancerous tumor on my thyroid when I was 21 years old. I'm happy to say that almost ten years later I am cancer-free! It could be cancer or it could be a benign goiter which are very common. Good luck and keep praying.

Answer 7

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