NPR: thyroid cancer https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=280692709 thyroid cancer en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 20:05:32 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: thyroid cancer https://www.npr.org/tags/280692709/thyroid-cancer This Food Critic's Quest To Eat A Taco A Day For A Year Is Almost A Wrap Mike Sutter has eaten 1,300 tacos so far this year. And it's been tough: He tells NPR's Kelly McEvers about dealing with offbeat taquerias, getting thyroid cancer, and why it's good to have a quest. Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:09:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/06/568884023/this-food-critics-quest-to-eat-a-taco-a-day-for-a-year-is-almost-a-wrap https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/06/568884023/this-food-critics-quest-to-eat-a-taco-a-day-for-a-year-is-almost-a-wrap

Mike Sutter has eaten 1,300 tacos so far this year. And it's been tough: He tells NPR's Kelly McEvers about dealing with offbeat taquerias, getting thyroid cancer, and why it's good to have a quest.

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]]> Laurel Dalrymple Many People Can Delay Treatment For Thyroid Cancer, Study Finds After five years, just 12 percent of people diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer saw their tumors grow by 3 millimeters or more, a study found. And in some people, the tumors shrank. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:57:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/31/547524399/people-can-delay-treatment-for-thyroid-cancer-study-finds https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/31/547524399/people-can-delay-treatment-for-thyroid-cancer-study-finds

After five years, just 12 percent of people diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer saw their tumors grow by 3 millimeters or more, a study found. And in some people, the tumors shrank.

]]> Liz Szabo Don't Screen For Thyroid Cancer, Task Force Says A federal task force says the risks of screening outweigh benefits. Many thyroid growths never develop into dangerous cancers, and overdiagnosis can lead people to have unnecessary surgery. Tue, 09 May 2017 11:15:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/09/527569291/dont-screen-for-thyroid-cancer-task-force-says https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/09/527569291/dont-screen-for-thyroid-cancer-task-force-says

A federal task force says the risks of screening outweigh benefits. Many thyroid growths never develop into dangerous cancers, and overdiagnosis can lead people to have unnecessary surgery.

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]]> Richard Harris Fukushima Study Links Children's Cancer To Nuclear Accident The study says rates of thyroid cancer are high for children who lived near the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in Japan. But other scientists are skeptical of the findings. Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:44:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/08/446873871/fukushima-study-links-childrens-cancer-to-nuclear-accident https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/08/446873871/fukushima-study-links-childrens-cancer-to-nuclear-accident

The study says rates of thyroid cancer are high for children who lived near the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in Japan. But other scientists are skeptical of the findings.

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]]> Geoff Brumfiel Overdiagnosis Could Be Behind Jump In Thyroid Cancer Cases The number of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer has tripled since 1975, but more lives haven't been saved as a result. Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:25:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/02/21/280692601/overdiagnosis-could-be-behind-jump-in-thyroid-cancer-cases https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/02/21/280692601/overdiagnosis-could-be-behind-jump-in-thyroid-cancer-cases

The number of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer has tripled since 1975, but more lives haven't been saved as a result.

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