Dr. Kepal Patel

And most patients have papillary cancer, which is very, very treatable.

And most patients have papillary cancer, which is very, very treatable.

So when you have a patient who has a malignant thyroid nodule, thyroid cancer, most of these patients will undergo surgery. We have a program here now where we have an active surveillance program for really small thyroid cancers where we won't even operate on the patients. We'll just follow them if they're okay with that. We have a lot of minimally invasive ways of treating it.

So when you have a patient who has a malignant thyroid nodule, thyroid cancer, most of these patients will undergo surgery. We have a program here now where we have an active surveillance program for really small thyroid cancers where we won't even operate on the patients. We'll just follow them if they're okay with that. We have a lot of minimally invasive ways of treating it.

So when you have a patient who has a malignant thyroid nodule, thyroid cancer, most of these patients will undergo surgery. We have a program here now where we have an active surveillance program for really small thyroid cancers where we won't even operate on the patients. We'll just follow them if they're okay with that. We have a lot of minimally invasive ways of treating it.

There are a lot of new technologies coming down the pipeline, interventional procedures where you can just stick a needle in it and ablate the cancer and to not even take out the thyroid anymore. One of my colleagues here does transoral thyroid surgery. So there's no scars in the neck. You could take out the thyroid through the mouth.

There are a lot of new technologies coming down the pipeline, interventional procedures where you can just stick a needle in it and ablate the cancer and to not even take out the thyroid anymore. One of my colleagues here does transoral thyroid surgery. So there's no scars in the neck. You could take out the thyroid through the mouth.

There are a lot of new technologies coming down the pipeline, interventional procedures where you can just stick a needle in it and ablate the cancer and to not even take out the thyroid anymore. One of my colleagues here does transoral thyroid surgery. So there's no scars in the neck. You could take out the thyroid through the mouth.

So a lot of like cool, really innovative, you know, new ways of doing things. But, you know, that requires you to see a thyroid surgeon and go to a place where they have a thyroid program in place. Getting back to your question as to what causes this. So there are only really two known causes for thyroid cancer. One is genetic and familial.

So a lot of like cool, really innovative, you know, new ways of doing things. But, you know, that requires you to see a thyroid surgeon and go to a place where they have a thyroid program in place. Getting back to your question as to what causes this. So there are only really two known causes for thyroid cancer. One is genetic and familial.

So a lot of like cool, really innovative, you know, new ways of doing things. But, you know, that requires you to see a thyroid surgeon and go to a place where they have a thyroid program in place. Getting back to your question as to what causes this. So there are only really two known causes for thyroid cancer. One is genetic and familial.

So we know that there are certain patients in whom it does run in their family. And it's usually three patients. first generation family members. So if you say, you know, my sister has thyroid cancer, my mother and my aunt all had thyroid cancer, and now you have it, it could be familial. And the second one is radiation exposure.

So we know that there are certain patients in whom it does run in their family. And it's usually three patients. first generation family members. So if you say, you know, my sister has thyroid cancer, my mother and my aunt all had thyroid cancer, and now you have it, it could be familial. And the second one is radiation exposure.

So we know that there are certain patients in whom it does run in their family. And it's usually three patients. first generation family members. So if you say, you know, my sister has thyroid cancer, my mother and my aunt all had thyroid cancer, and now you have it, it could be familial. And the second one is radiation exposure.

So, you know, in the early part of my career, we used to see a lot of patients who were exposed to Chernobyl. We have a huge Ukrainian population in Brooklyn. And so many of these patients, you know, they were saying, yeah, I was, you know, I was somewhere in the Ukraine or in the southern border of Poland or Belarus.

So, you know, in the early part of my career, we used to see a lot of patients who were exposed to Chernobyl. We have a huge Ukrainian population in Brooklyn. And so many of these patients, you know, they were saying, yeah, I was, you know, I was somewhere in the Ukraine or in the southern border of Poland or Belarus.

So, you know, in the early part of my career, we used to see a lot of patients who were exposed to Chernobyl. We have a huge Ukrainian population in Brooklyn. And so many of these patients, you know, they were saying, yeah, I was, you know, I was somewhere in the Ukraine or in the southern border of Poland or Belarus.

And they all remember when Chernobyl happened and they weren't told what was going on and they were all exposed to nuclear fallout, nuclear radiation. And we saw a lot of these patients had thyroid cancer.

And they all remember when Chernobyl happened and they weren't told what was going on and they were all exposed to nuclear fallout, nuclear radiation. And we saw a lot of these patients had thyroid cancer.

And they all remember when Chernobyl happened and they weren't told what was going on and they were all exposed to nuclear fallout, nuclear radiation. And we saw a lot of these patients had thyroid cancer.