As many as one in 20 people living in the UK is affected by thyroid cancer.
While some symptoms are more obvious than others, some can overlap with a number of other conditions , often taking over four years for many patients to be diagnosed a new study by academics at the University of Aberdeen in collaboration with several leading thyroid charities found.
The study, reports the Mirror, looked at the experience of almost 1,200 patients and found that in almost two thirds of cases it took multiple appointments and a worsening of the severity of symptoms before a diagnosis was made.
