What are thyroid cancer symptoms?

Thyroid: Thyroid cancer may be completely silent or asymptomatic. Symptoms might include neck pain or tenderness, lymph gland swelling, swallowing difficulty, hoarseness or voice changes, fatigue.

Often none: Thyroid cancer rarely has symptoms, it is usually identified incidentally as a lump in the center of your neck, either discovered by the patient or physician.

Neck mass: Thyroid cancer typically doesn't cause any signs or symptoms early in the disease. As thyroid cancer grows, it may cause: a lump that can be felt through the skin on your neck changes to your voice, including increasing hoarseness difficulty swallowing pain in your neck and throat swollen lymph nodes in your neck.

Thyroid cancer: There usually is a painless lump the thyroid located at front of your neck and the base. If the tumor is invasive, there may be a change in voice from a vocal cord paralysis.