Treatment of thyroid cancer in Israel

Each person has the thyroid gland located under the larynx in front of the neck. Being the main component of the endocrine system, it produces iodine-containing hormones, regulates metabolism, is responsible for the development and growth of the body as a whole. By cancer, the thyroid gland means a malignant tumor that damages this organ. Usually this disease is accompanied by the following symptoms: the presence of a fast-growing seal on the neck, pain, hoarseness of the voice, difficulty swallowing, coughing.

Treatment of thyroid cancer in Israel allows you to accurately identify the features of the course of the disease and promptly select individual therapeutic treatment and other necessary measures.

Diagnosis of thyroid cancer in Israeli clinics suggests the following examination:

• An otolaryngologist, an oncologist. Evaluation of the clinical picture;
• Ultrasound - allows you to identify the number of nodes and their size. However, it does not diagnose the benign or malignant nature of the tumor;
• Isotopic scanning. Iodine molecules are introduced into the patient's body and accumulate in the thyroid gland. Scanning allows not only to see the distribution of the substance, but also to reveal the structure of the damaged organ. As a rule, diseased cells accumulate less iodine than healthy cells;
• Treatment of thyroid cancer in Israel allows you to diagnose a tumor with a biopsy method followed by immunochemical and histological examination. This method conveys the most accurate results;
• blood test. This method shows information about the amount of thyroglobulin - a protein produced by the thyroid gland. Its level after removal of the affected area should be extremely low. If such a phenomenon is not observed, then malignant cells are still present in the human body.

Treatment of thyroid cancer in Israel in specialized medical institutions is conducted by different methods: surgery, exposure to radioactive iodine, hormonal and chemotherapy, external radiation. Today, in medicine, full or partial removal of the diseased organ is used together with the lymph nodes and tissues affected by the tumor. After surgery, the patient is prescribed therapy with hormones that suppress TRH secretion and depress the remaining single malignant cells.

Treatment of thyroid cancer in the postoperative period involves the use of substitution therapy. After removal of the thyroid gland, the synthesis of iodine-containing hormones stops. This can cause a metabolic imbalance. To prevent this, patients are prescribed certain hormonal drugs, which make it possible to compensate for the lack of iodine in the body.

Treatment of thyroid cancer in Israel as prevention and prevention of recurrences or metastases, allows the use of the RIT method (Radiotherapy). Orally, patients are prescribed drugs, the main component of which is radioactive iodine. This substance is actively absorbed by the cells of the thyroid gland (including damaged ones), having a therapeutic effect.

Radiation and chemotherapy. The method of radiation treatment is conducted in a course of six weeks (5 times per 7 days). It assumes the effect of an ionizing source on a specific area of the body. During the procedure, the patient lies motionless, while the apparatus moves along given points, irradiating them. This method is used in the treatment of cancer with metastases in bone tissue. Chemotherapy involves the ingestion of special drugs that interfere with the development of the tumor.