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Nodule on my left pole thyroid

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Shanny75
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Joined : Aug 2018
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Posted 2/20/2019 11:23 AM (GMT -6)
I had a ultrasound of my thyroid and they found a 11×5×8 nodule on left pole thyroid.
I'm scared!!!
What are the chances this is cancer??
Is that big??
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Girlie
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Posted 2/20/2019 1:06 PM (GMT -6)
Shanny - I don't know if that's considered a large nodule.

But, I do know that most nodules are NOT cancerous.

This site says only 5% are cancerous:
https://www.endocrineweb.com/conditions/thyroid/fine-needle-biopsy-thyroid-nodules


And this site says 10-15% are: (American Cancer Society)


"Lumps or bumps in the thyroid gland are called thyroid nodules. Most thyroid nodules are benign, but about 2 or 3 in 20 are cancerous. Sometimes these nodules make too much thyroid hormone and cause hyperthyroidism. Nodules that produce increased thyroid hormone are almost always benign."

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/thyroid-cancer/about/what-is-thyroid-cancer.html

And, even IF it's cancerous:

"Most thyroid cancers are very curable. In fact, the most common types of thyroid cancer (papillary and follicular thyroid cancer) are the most curable. In younger patients, less than 50 years of age, both papillary and follicular cancers have a more than 98% cure rate if treated appropriately."

https://www.endocrineweb.com/conditions/thyroid-cancer/thyroid-cancer
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astroman
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Posted 3/2/2019 9:49 PM (GMT -6)
11×5×8.........................millimeters?

Anything over 10 millimeters should be biopsied.

My 10 year old nodule went away after going gluten, sugar, and corn free. This was determined as very inflammatory for my body per lab testing.

Treating lyme disease (whole body inflammation) prob helped too.

Like girlie mentioned, thyroid cancer is not the end - all.
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