Thyroid cancer, the most common cancer of the endocrine glands, is the fastest rising cancer in women and second fastest rising in men in the U.S.  Thyroid cancer is a cancer originating from follicular or parafollicular thyroid cells. These cells give rise to both well-differentiated cancers (i.e., papillary and follicular) and analastic thyroid cancer.  The second cell type, the C or parafollicular cell, produces the … Continue reading Researchers identify a new thyroid cancer gene via another disease.