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My grandmother had thyroid cancer. does this increase the chances of my nodule being or becoming cancerous?
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Thyroid cancer: Sorry about Grandma's cancer. With new approaches, when diagnosed early (i.e. before any cancer is spread) complete correction is most common.
Answered 5/17/2015
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