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Thyroid CancerMelanoma and Thyroid Cancer Survivor Has Inherited Syndrome
Cowden disease is a type of PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) caused by a mutation in the PTEN gene. PHTS raises the risk of developing certain types of cancer, including skin, thyroid, breast, endometrial, colorectal, and kidney.
Thyroid Cancer Survivor Excels on TV Survival Show
Luke Soderling says the lessons he learned from facing the challenges of thyroid cancer helped him to survive 60 days in 6 different harsh locations in South America, on the Discovery Channel show, The Wheel.
Cervical Cancer Survivor: ‘Don't let fear keep you from going to the doctor.’
Tonya Butler did not have health insurance or a primary care doctor in the fall of 2012 when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.
Young Thyroid Cancer Survivor Pursues Education Goals
Michelle Rodriguez, 20, is determined nothing will stop her from her lifelong goal of being the first one in her family to get a college degree – not even a diagnosis of thyroid cancer.