Thyroid nodules are lumps on the thyroid gland that are very common. Often, the occurrence of thyroid nodules may or may not be noticeable. About half of the women population reaching the age of 50 years gets at least one nodule and with increasing age the chances of getting the nodules increases.
More than 95% of the thyroid nodules detected are benign or non-cancerous in nature. Out of the vast number of nodules observed, that would remain harmless all throughout, doctors have been trying hard for years to determine the best way to predict the few thyroid nodules that might change the course of action and become malignant According to a recent new evidence published in the journal Thyroid , the authors from the University of Chicago Medical School in Illinois, suggests that larger nodules are no more likely than smaller ones for developing into thyroid cancer and size alone is not a…
