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• Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer.
• It occurs in all age groups, mainly adults. It affects about three times as many women as men.
• There are several types—papillary, follicular, medullary, anaplastic, and variants.
• Thyroid cancer is one of the few cancers that is increasing in incidence, with 11% more new cases in 2008 than in 2007. It's #1 in incidence growth in women and #3 in men.
• About 37,340 people, including 28,410 women and 8,930 men, will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2008 in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. About 910 women and 680 men (1,590 total) will die of thyroid cancer in 2008.

Signs to discuss with your physician

• You feel a lump in your neck, or your doctor may notice a nodule in your neck during a routine checkup. Most of these thyroid nodules are benign (noncancerous).
• Some people first notice lymph node swellings, fullness in the neck, voice changes, or difficulty breathing or swallowing.

ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc.
An all-volunteer, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of thyroid cancer survivors, family members, and health care professionals
P.O. Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545
Toll-Free 1-877-588-7904
www.thyca.org • thyca@thyca.org