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    Aug 14, 2005, 05:23 PM
    Thyroid
    I have a question for anybody out there that can help , I have a tumor on my thyroid and they want to remove my whole thyroid it is on my left side , my question is , there a surgery that can remove the tumor but not the whole thyroid. Thank You Rita Litwin
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    Aug 15, 2005, 07:41 AM
    It depends on the type of cancer found... sometimes they are willing to do a partial removal, and sometimes they'll be more aggressive even if the tumor is in one lobe.


    This link talks about the different kinds of removal and some distinctions between the types of cancer:

    http://www.endocrineweb.com/surthyroid.html


    This link is a thyroid forum where you can ask questions and get answers, like askme but primarily med oriented. Haven't used it so don't know if it'll be useful.

    http://www.medhelp.org/forums/thyroid/wwwboard.html


    I don't work in the field so my info is only from searches. If you can provide more info about your condition (type of cancer) I'd be happy to help with more detailed searches. Otherwise hopefully the links above will help.

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Thank you so much for you info on tumor removel , I have one question , My mother inlaw has a tumor on her thyroid non-cancerous type . Im trying to find info on just removeing the tumor none of the lobe or thyroid at all is there a possible surgery out there . Rita J


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