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thyroid cancer  

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  • THYROID CANCER IS the most common endocrine gland malignancy. It is a complex, important, and varied cancer that has four different classifications, depending on the cells from which it originates: papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Thyroid Cancer]

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