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Thyroid cancer which registers about 56, 000 new cases each year in the U.S., according to Endocrine Web will start as a trouble-free lump in the thyroid which augments in size over a period of time. Other important symptoms which health authorities often label as an incidental finding for cancer of the thyroid especially with the fact includes:

• Dysphagia or difficulty in swallowing which is attributed to the position of the thyroid gland as it is in close proximity to the esophagus or the gullet.

 • Dyspnea or difficulty in breathing which is attributed to the position of the thyroid gland as it is in close proximity to the trachea or the windpipe.

• Hoarseness or the rough of sound in one's voice.

 • Lump in the neck due to spread to lymph glands. 

Basically, these lumps are called thyroid nodules which are abnormal growths of the thyroid tissue and can be evidently noticed as a large mass especially in thin individuals in their throat area.

Statistics show that one in every 12 to 15 young women is affected by a thyroid nodule while it occurs in 1 in 40 young men. Fortunately despite such numbers most of these nodules are in fact cysts which have acquired fluid deposits, thus, more than 95% of them are non-cancerous growths. For the most part by the time that an individual will reach the age of 50, he or she will acquire a thyroid nodule as it the occurrence of having such will build up with maturity.

Cancer of the thyroid can be slow growing and so the diagnosis of the thyroid cancer may take time and in some cases, it may be years before the symptoms present themselves. 

Particularly test for thyroid cancer is administered more than once for verification in order to start with a correct planned treatment. There are even instances when a part of the thyroid gland is removed for a more than adequate analysis.

In related news, Med Gadget reported on the 2016 Market Research Report on the Global Thyroid Cancer Drug Industry which tackled on the in progress status of the thyroid cancer drug.