Thyroid biopsy: Purpose, process and recovery
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in the front of your lower neck. A thyroid biopsy is a procedure that helps diagnose or rule out thyroid cancer.
As an oncologic endocrinologist at MD Anderson, I often perform thyroid biopsies and order thyroid biopsies to be performed by radiologists. Here, I’ll answer some of the most common questions I get about them.
Why would my doctor order a thyroid biopsy?A doctor usually...
