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What is lung hyperplasia? related to thyroid cancer?
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No.: Lung hyperplasia would be the overgrowth of lung tissue in a benign manner, that is essentially extra normal tissue, not cancer. There is no relationship with thyroid cancer.
Answered 1/14/2015
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