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Metastases to the Thyroid

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Thyroid Cancer in Clinical Practice

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Based on its size, the thyroid has the second highest arterial blood flow. There-fore, it can be the site of blood-borne metastases. Systemic metastases are usually found in the lungs, liver, brain, and bone marrow, and certain cancers have a natural propensity to metastasize to specific sites such as prostate cancer to the skeleton and bowel cancer to the liver. Common cancers seldom metastasize to the thyroid. When a nonthyroidal cancer is diagnosed in the thyroid, the key is how should the patient be managed?

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(2007). Metastases to the Thyroid. In: Thyroid Cancer in Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-748-0_12

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