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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 6, 22-27, Copyright © 1956 by American Cancer Society

Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland

¹ The Department of Surgery and the Tumor Clinic, University of Illinois College of Medicine and the Research & Educational Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois.

Malignant tumors of the thyroid gland are not common, but they are among the more easily curable of the major cancers. They can be found as unsuspected lesions in a curable state by exploring nodular nontoxic goiters and by performing lobectomy for unilateral or solitary adenomas, since the percentage incidence in these types of goiter is reported as from 10 to 24 per cent. Because many thyroid cancers are slow growing and pursue a course sometimes of years' duration, they should not be taken lightly, but, on the contrary, serious effort should be made to eradicate them, as this is one of the forms of cancer whose adequate treatment is rewarded with a satisfying percentage of cure.