(HealthDay News) — Overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer remains a persistent problem in the United States, researchers reported in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

It is a type of cancer that tends to start in the thyroid gland. The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the throat due to its appearance. This particular gland is present in ...

Despite guidelines addressing overdetection, no significant declines are seen; emphasis on active surveillance approaches is ...

This helps to protect your thyroid from the effect of treatment ... You usually have blood tests after treatment to check for this. Treatment for neuroendocrine cancer can be difficult to cope with ...

Endocrine tumors can arise from any endocrine cell within hormone-producing glands and organs such as the thyroid, adrenal, parathyroid and pituitary glands, as well as the hypothalamus and pancreas.

Despite efforts to curb overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer, the issue has continued to plague U.S. healthcare, according to results from a retrospective, population-based study.

In this issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Michelle M Chen and colleagues1 report their findings on trends in the incidence of thyroid cancer in the USA from 1975 to 2019. The authors show ...