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When doctors examine entire thyroid glands after death, they find thyroid cancer more often than when they only check part of the gland — so how they look at the gland changes how common the cancer seems to be.
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Prevalence of Subclinical Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Age: Meta-analysis of Autopsy Studies.
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2022 Sep 28This study found that when doctors check the entire thyroid gland after death, they find more tiny cancers than when they only check part of it — so how much you look changes how many you find.
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