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Single hot 1 cm nodule on thyroid scan with normal thyroid blood panels & uptake. chances of malignancy?

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Not likely: "hot" nodules are rarely cancer and most often represent benign follicular adenomas. These are also known as "autonomous" nodules because they make thyroid hormone but don't respond to the body's normal signals telling them when to stop making the hormone. The vast majority of thyroid cancer nodules are "cold" on a thyroid scan.

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Answered 2/20/2019

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Scan was done on thyroid 5 yrs ago one nodule said ot was ok no syptoms until a few m o nths ago when swallowing chances of it be cancer now?

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