What are the diagnostic methods for thyroid cancer

What are the diagnostic methods for thyroid cancer? Thyroid cancer is a relatively common tumor disease in modern times. If you suffer from thyroid cancer but it is not discovered, diagnosed and treated in time, it will increase the difficulty of treatment and even worsen the disease. It can be seen that timely diagnosis is crucial. So what are the diagnostic methods for thyroid cancer?

Diagnosis of thyroid cancer

Attention should be paid to the location, shape, size, single or multiple thyroid tumors, texture, degree of activity, whether the surface is smooth, tenderness, and whether it can move up and down with swallowing. In addition, attention should also be paid to whether the cervical lymph nodes are enlarged, hoarseness, and vocal cord activity.

Thyroid cancer should be considered if the following symptoms are present:

(1) The tumor is firm and has a rough surface.

(2) Male and child patients are more likely to have cancer.

(3) Producing symptoms of compression, such as hoarseness or difficulty breathing.

(4) The tumor is limited in activity or fixed and does not move up and down with swallowing.

(5) Swollen cervical lymph nodes. In some cases, lymph node puncture can extract straw-yellow fluid.

(6) Sudden enlargement in a short period of time. However, it should be noted that thyroid cystadenoma may be accompanied by intracystic bleeding.

Thyroid cancer often presents as obvious manifestations of thyroid nodules. Therefore, when encountering nodular goiter clinically, it is important to distinguish between benign and malignant nodules.

Since thyroid surgery is prone to surgical complications such as hoarseness and hypocalcemia, the scope of surgical resection needs to be determined based on the patient's condition and medical technology conditions, and must comply with the principles of tumor resection. At the same time, efforts should be made to preserve nerve functions and improve the patient's quality of life.