thyroid cancer

collocation in English

meaningsofthyroidandcancer

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thyroid
adjective
uk
/ˈθaɪ.rɔɪd/us
/ˈθaɪ.rɔɪd/
relating to the ...
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cancer
noun
uk
/ˈkæn.sər/us
/ˈkæn.sɚ/
a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often ...
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(Definition ofthyroidandcancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, the mechanism of iodide retention in differentiatedthyroidcancerremains unclear.
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Deaths fromthyroidcancerhave multiplied a hundredfold.
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The literature is replete with reports focusing onthyroidcancerinvolving invasion of the trachea, but offers few articles documenting involvement of the oesophagus.
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Fortunately for those with metastaticthyroidcancer, the last 5 years has brought about a renaissance inthyroidcancertreatment.
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Treatment ofthyroidcancermay require surgery.
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Arcangel was diagnosed withthyroidcancer.
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For example, the number of children who suffer fromthyroidcancerhas increased fivefold.
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In early 2010, he faced a bout withthyroidcancer.
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Soon after filming wrapped, she was diagnosed withthyroidcancer.
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Thyroiditis and other thyroid disease also predisposes tothyroidcancer.
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Vergara was diagnosed withthyroidcancerin 2000.
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He is, himself, a survivor ofthyroidcancer.
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He missed much of the season due tothyroidcancer.
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Medullarythyroidcanceralmost always occurs, sometimes in infancy.
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They make up about 3% of allthyroidcancercases.
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There has also been a clinical trial forthyroidcancer.
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Physicians who managethyroidcancerof any stage recognize that a small percentage of patients with low-risk thyroid cancer will progress to metastatic disease.
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Benign (non-cancerous) nodules frequently co-exist withthyroidcancer; sometimes, it is a benign nodule that is discovered but surgery uncovers an incidental smallthyroidcancer.
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The board has made a preliminary review of thethyroidcancerfigures and found no evidence of any detectable increase.
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Its efficacy at protecting against the radiation inducedthyroidcancerhas been known, therefore, for over 60 years.
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Nonmedullarythyroidcancerdevelops in up to 10 percent of affected individuals.
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I include the treatment of thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroidism) and some types ofthyroidcancerthat absorb iodine.
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Measurement of calcitonin is necessary to exclude the presence of medullarythyroidcancer.
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The other component neoplasms of that syndrome include parathyroid adenomas, and medullarythyroidcancer.
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In 2005, she revealed that she had undergone surgery forthyroidcancerin 2004.
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