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Acknowledgements cme ce info accreditation in support of improving patient care audio digest foundation is jointly accredited by the accreditation council for continuing medical education accme the accreditation council for pharmacy education acpe and the american nurses credentialing center ancc to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Doctors also use a cancers stage when talking about survival statistics thyroid cancers range from stages i 1 through iv 4 as a rule the lower the number the less the cancer has spread a higher number such as stage iv means cancer has spread more and within a stage an earlier letter means a lower stage. Tests for thyroid cancer thyroid cancer may be diagnosed after a person goes to a doctor because of symptoms or it might be found during a routine physical exam or other tests if there is a reason to suspect you might have thyroid cancer your doctor will use one or more tests to confirm the diagnosis if cancer is found other tests might . Most people with thyroid cancer undergo surgery to remove the thyroid which operation your doctor might recommend depends on the type of thyroid cancer the size of the cancer whether the cancer has spread beyond the thyroid and the results of an ultrasound exam of the entire thyroid gland. Thyroid cancer is a disease in which malignant t cells are found in tissues of the thyroid gland your thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped in your neck at the base of your throat near your trachea windpipe it has two lobes a left and right a healthy thyroid is a bit larger than a quarter it usually cannot be felt through the skin