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Is it likely to get thyroid cancer if your mother had it twice before?
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Thyroid: Certain types of thyroid cancers have a genetic component ie medullary. Thyroid cancer is often seen more in patients with hashimotos disease which can run in families.
Answered 10/24/2014
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