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Thyroid Cancer : Complications

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Complications List

Complications could include:

Complications Overview Articles

Thyroid Cancer
Patients may have a slightly increased risk of developing another cancer(such as leukemia) in the future after undergoing radioiodine treatment, but this correlation has not been proven. Because thyroid cancers may grow slowly and may recur decade...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

Specific Complications Articles

Metastasis
Metastasis is the movement or spreading of cancer cells from one organ or tissue to another. Cancer cells usually spread through the bloodstream or the lymph system.Whether or not cancer cells metastasize(spread to) to other parts of the body depe...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 20, 2008
Metastasis
Metastasis can refer either to the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, or to the condition produced by this spread. The English word metastasis(plural, metastases) comes from a Greek word that means"a change."
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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