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My thyroglobulin levels are 999 i'm on medication, does that mean presence of cancer? i have nodules but when checked 2012 they shrunk.

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Thyroid cancer: If you don't already carry a cancer diagnosis, your elevated thyroglobulin Is most likely from thyroid destruction from autoimmune thyroiditis from either Graves' disease or Hashimoto's thyroiditis. 97% of all hypothyroid patients have Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Approximately 50 million Americans suffer from this.

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