Tag: Thyroid nodule

I came across this excellent summary of Thyroid nodules from the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons which links to a similar European one.  It confirms much of what I wrote in my blog post "Troublesome Thyroids" in regard to my own thyroid issues.  I'm thankful to the AAES for promoting this on social media. I wanted to focus on the issue of Thyroid nodules given I see these mentioned all the time in my online patient group.  Clearly, when you already have a cancer diagnosis, the discovery of more issues on top of that is of concern to patients. Many are incidental and only found because of imaging following the cancer diagnosis.  This is an important point because an average of more than 50% of people over the age of 60 have…