Probable thyroid cancer nodule

[Cynthgob]

Has anyone else had a hot spot in their thyroid along with prostate cancer? Just wondering what type of treatment was given? Half of husbands thyroid removed several years ago.

[pjoshea13]

There is a PCA-Thyroid cancer association: diagnosis of one cancer increases the risk for the other.

One theory is that, since both cancers are over-diagnosed/over-treated, the association is spurious.

But, for reasons I won't get into here, I believe that insufficient iodine may be the link. I use Iodoral.

-Patrick

[spinosa in reply to pjoshea13]

yes, I've read that once you have "a" cancer, you are 11 times more likely to have another.

[pjoshea13 in reply to spinosa]

Yes, but the prostate/thyroid risk is particulary notable. -Patrick

[spinosa in reply to pjoshea13]

Yes, it seems. While undergoing radiation recently, I met two men who had prostate cancer (had had for some years...) and who were in the care center for thyroid cancer...

[MyDad76]

My uncle (dad's brother) had both thyorid and prostate cancer. Now I'm taking my dad for evaluation of voice changes - my dad also has prostate cancer and has experiences progresive hoarseness of the voice over the past months. I sure hope we will not face thyorid cancer as well...

[DenDoc]

I had a hot thyroid nodule on a PET scan at the time of my first prostate metastases. Needle biopsy indeterminate so I had a hemithyroidectomy and the thyroid nodule was benign. Lung lesions proved to be prostate cancer and not thyroid so we were led down a blind path. 11 years later my thyroid is fine and my prostate cancer is no longer that but has turned into small cell cancer and become very aggressive.

[Cynthgob in reply to DenDoc]

They have told me my husbands cancer is aggressive prostate cancer. Thank you for the info

[Cynthgob in reply to DenDoc]

I would take 11 years!!

[Cynthgob]

Meeting dr tomorrow and I’m sure they will want to biopsey

[Kevinski65]

I have hyperthyroidism. A multinodular goiter is on my thyroid. They give me tapozole.