Thyroid Cancer in Women




The Scope Radio show

Summary: Thyroid cancer is the most common cancer in women 15 to 30 years of age. Though lumps in the thyroid are common, only 5 to 10 percent of lumps are cancer. Women's expert <a href="http://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/mddetail.php?facultyID=u0031449">Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones</a> talks about the risk factors for thyroid cancer—the majority of which women can't change—but also discusses why thyroid cancer is one of the most curable kinds of cancers.