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Thyroid Cancer Learning Center
Prevention could include:
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No known prevention
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There is no known prevention. Awareness of risk (such as previous radiation therapy to the neck) can allow earlier diagnosis and treatment.
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Because most people with thyroid cancer have no known risk factor, it is not possible to prevent this disease completely. However, the risk for radiation-related thyroid cancer can be reduced by avoiding radiation to the neck when possible, and in...
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Because most people with thyroid cancer have no known risk factor, it is not possible to completely prevent this disease. However, inherited cases of medullary thyroid cancer can be prevented if radiation to the neck is avoided. If a family member...
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