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Help please! could calcified thyroid goiters can become cancer?

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Usually not: The rate of cancer arising in these idiopathic goiters is surprisingly low, though the cancers themselves are hard to find. If there is a dominant mass in the enlarged gland, it should be checked.

Answered 11/27/2013

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