Ten years ago, Carol DiFelice got a weird feeling in her neck. "Most people do not feel it," says DiFelice, a registered nurse from Groveland, Massachusetts. "Mine was not that big. It was just that — ...

In most cases, treatments are successful in curing or controlling papillary thyroid cancer. Surgery is the main treatment option for this disease, though doctors may also recommend radiation therapy.

Washington Nationals left-hander Jon Lester is leaving spring training camp to have surgery for the removal of his thyroid gland, manager Dave Martinez said Wednesday. The 37-year-old Lester was to ...

Receiving a diagnosis of thyroid cancer can be upsetting and confusing, especially if a doctor suggests that a patient wait to see how the cancer progresses before pursuing any specific treatment.

The use of surgical robots--particularly one made by Intuitive Surgical ($ISRG)--drastically escalates the cost of thyroid gland removal surgery without generating ...

Thyroid eye disease (TED), also known as Graves’ eye disease, usually stems from an autoimmune condition that starts when immune cells attack the thyroid gland, a tiny butterfly-shaped gland at the ...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday she had surgery to remove her thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes after cancer was found in the area. Sanders, 40, said in a ...

Plus, when to see a doctor.

At the end of the 19th century, surgery was still dangerous, and many doctors had little understanding of what happened to patients in the long term. Operations were often followed by infection, ...