Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the thyroid gland. It happens when cells in the thyroid grow out of control and crowd out normal cells. Thyroid cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body such as the lungs and the bone and grow there. When cancer cells do this, it's called metastasis.
Mar 14, 2019
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Metastatic thyroid cancer, also known as stage 4 thyroid cancer, refers to cancer that has spread from the thyroid gland to distant areas of the body.
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