Thyroid Cancer

Cancer according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is defined as a disease in which abnormal cell divide without control and can invade nearby tissues, cancer cells can also spread to other part of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several types of cancer, like Leukemia, Prostate cancer, Thyroid Cancer and, sadly, there´s a lot more.
Thyroid cancer occurs in the cell of the thyroid a gland based in the base of our neck, the thyroids produce hormones that regulate blood pleasure, body temperature, weight and how quickly food is changed into energy, etc. For example in Woman´s a Thyroid disorder can affect the puberty, menstruation, reproduction, pregnancy, postpartum and menopause.

Thyroid Cancer

Exist different types of Thyroid cancers: Papillary, follicular, medullary, anaplastic and lymphoma thyroid cancer, the first one is the more common and can occur at any age, but often affect people at age of 30 to 50. In the case of medullary cancer sometimes is caused by a change in a gene that is passed from parent to child. Thyroid cancer is more often diagnostic in woman´s.

Even if is not clear what cause the Thyroid cancer there are risk factors, a risk factor is what can increase the possibilities of getting a disease, but that doesn’t mean if you don’t have any one of those risk that you can’t have the illness. In the case of Thyroid cancer some risk factors are:

Goiter (enlarged thyroid)

• Being between 25 and 65 years old.
• Being female.
• Being exposed to radiation to the head and neck as an infant or child or being exposed to radioactive fallout. The cancer may occur as soon as 5 years after exposure.
• Having a history of goiter (enlarged thyroid).
• Having a family history of thyroid disease or thyroid cancer. 

There's no way to prevent thyroid cancer in people who have an average risk of the disease, but Adults and children with an inherited gene mutation that increases the risk of medullary thyroid cancer are often advised to have thyroid surgery to prevent cancer.