Thyroid cancer self-examination

1, pay attention to the shape of goiter. Goiter the shape of the general divided into two categories, with a butterfly-shaped category is found mostly in endemic goiter and hyperthyroidism thyroiditis and some patients other is a part of the thyroid in a circular swelling block, was particularly prevalent in the thyroid cyst, thyroid adenoma, including thyroid cancer.
  2, the size of mass attention. If the mass showed diffuse swelling or multiple nodular enlargement, and most endemic goiter; generally benign tumors or cysts in a single nodule diameter of about 2 cm; more than 2 cm in diameter, should be suspected thyroid cancer.
  3, attention to the mass of the smooth and Flex. Carefully with the thumb and forefinger touching the surface mass. The same smooth surface, mostly endemic goiter; not very smooth surface, from the possibility of thyroiditis; single nodule was enlarged, but smooth surface, uniform may as adenoma; single nodular enlargement , smooth performance, a sense of entities, should be suspected cancer.
  4, the growth rate of mass attention. Endemic goiter was slowly increasing, the course up to a few years or even several decades-long; benign tumors and cysts can be of course, to a few years; thyroid cancer tumor growth significantly, faster, in more than 10 days or a month, has notably increased.
  5, the attention of the mass surrounding lymph nodes can be touched. If the thyroid around to touch texture hard lymph nodes, should be highly suspected thyroid with regional lymph node metastasis.