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Thyroid Cancer

Surgical Oncology · Oncology

Moderate

Severity

Moderately common — one of the more frequently diagnosed endocrine cancers, more common in women, generally with a favorable prognosis

Prevalence

No

Contagious

Surgical Oncology

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🔬Causes & Risk Factors

  • 1The exact cause is often unclear
  • 2but risk factors include prior exposure to radiation
  • 3particularly during childhood
  • 4a family history of thyroid cancer or certain inherited genetic syndromes such as multiple endocrine neoplasia
  • 5and chronic iodine deficiency or excess. Certain genetic mutations that drive uncontrolled growth of thyroid cells underlie the disease
  • 6with some subtypes having a stronger hereditary component than others.

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Consultation₹300 – ₹5,000
Diagnostics₹500 – ₹25,000
Hospitalisation₹5K – ₹1 lakh
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