Mary Shoman, in the Thyroid Disease Guide, reports that "... thyroid cancer patients face a 30% increased risk of second primary cancer, when compared to the general population. It is important to note that these are not metastases -- a spread -- of the initial thyroid cancer -- but instead, appearance of an entirely new cancer."
"According to the researchers, thyroid cancer patients faced significantly elevated risks for many specific cancers, including cancers of the following:
* salivary gland
* pharynx
* stomach
* small intestine
* colon
* rectum
* bone
* soft tissue sarcoma
* non-melanoma skin
* female breast
* prostate
* kidney
* brain
* adrenal gland
* non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
* leukemia
* parathryoid gland
The first year after diagnosis is the period during which the risks were highest for non-melanoma skin cancer, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, adrenal gland cancer, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. For the other cancers, risk went up after time."
"Experts theorize that the use of radioactive iodine -- itself a carcinogenic treatment -- may in part explain the inecreased risk of other cancer."
Mary Shomon is a nationally-known patient advocate and best-selling author of 10 books on health, including "The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss," "Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know," "Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism," and others.
Film Critic Roger Ebert to Have 4th Surgery for Cancer: Bouts of Salivary Cancer Followed 2002 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis
http://thyroid.about.com/b/a/257209.htm?nl=1
del.icio.us
Digg this
