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September Is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
Free Materials Available Year-Round

Get Involved / Facts / Tips /Get Handouts / Get Neck Check Card
Video PSA / Audio PSA / Partners-Honor Roll / Share Your Story

Sponsored by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month is listed in the American Hospital Association’s Calendar of Health Observances & Recognition Days.

Free awareness materials are available year-round.Help spread the word about early detection, treatment, and ThyCa’s free support and education.

• Ten Tips on How to Help
• September Is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. Started in 2000.
• Invitation to Partner in Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, sponsored by ThyCa
• New Diagnoses of Thyroid Cancer, Fastest Increasing Cancer, To Set Record in .2012
• New Thyroid Cancer Awareness Flyer, with Mrs. Collegeville, Pennsylvania 2010
• Radio PSA - Public Service Announcement
  With thanks to John Breen, WDTV NewsChannel 5, Clarksburg, W VA
• Help Raise Awareness
• Press Release: ThyCa Invites You To Help Raise Awareness
• Special Invitation from ThyCa
• Free Brochures Available Year-Round
• Mrs. New Jersey American Beauty 2008, Thyroid Cancer Survivor, Raises Awareness for Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
• Have You Had Your Neck Checked?
• AACE Neck Check Card
• September Activities Highlight Worldwide Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month

Ways to help:

• Know the 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.
• Tell others about ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. and our award-winning web site
• • Print out and share these flyers:
  • Yes, it’s real.
  • About Thyroid Cancer
    • English
    • Español
  • Neck Check
  • Find It Early
  • Know the Signs
  • September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
  • ThyCa Support Services Poster
  • Thyroid cancer? ThyCa can help
  • Introducing ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association
• Write to thyca@thyca.org for our free brochures:
  • Our patient services brochure, “Do you have thyroid cancer?
  • Thyroid cancer awareness brochure featuring actress Catherine Bell
  • Our information cards
• Give or display the Thyroid Cancer Awareness Wristbands, Ribbon Pins, and Magnets.
• FREE for Your Physician: American Thyroid Association Guidelines
• Free downloadable publications

Thank you for supporting thyroid cancer awareness and education about early detection and treatment, lifelong monitoring, and free support and education for everyone whose life has been touched by thyroid cancer.