{"id":802,"date":"2024-06-07T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T09:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/karkinos-tou-thyreoeidoys\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:09:04","slug":"karkinos-tou-thyreoeidoys","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/karkinos-tou-thyreoeidoys\/","title":{"rendered":"Thyroid Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thyroid cancer<\/strong> is a malignant tumor that develops in the thyroid gland, at the front of the neck. It is a relatively rare form of malignancy (less than 1% of all cancers), but it is the most common endocrine cancer and usually has a good prognosis if the patient is diagnosed early and treated appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>It usually grows slowly, often without obvious symptoms. The most common sign is a painless lump in the neck, while diagnosis is based on a clinical examination, ultrasound, blood tests (such as TSH and thyroglobulin) and fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy.<\/p>\n<p>Surgery is the main treatment for thyroid cancer and it involves the removal of the cancer-infected organ with a procedure called\u00a0<strong>thyroidectomy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, thyroidectomy is performed with\u00a0<strong>minimally invasive techniques<\/strong>\u00a0and especially with the use of\u00a0<strong>surgical robots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While ensuring optimal oncological results, robotic surgery minimizes complications from surgery and offers the best cosmetic result, with no visible scar (one of the disadvantages of conventional thyroidectomy, especially in young women).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Konstantinidis and his Surgical Team<\/strong>\u00a0have extensive experience and specialization in the treatment of thyroid cancer, having performed a great number of thyroidectomies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thyroid cancer is a malignant tumor that develops in the thyroid gland, at the front of the neck. It is a relatively rare form of malignancy (less than 1% of all cancers), but it is the most common endocrine cancer and usually has a good prognosis if the patient is diagnosed early and treated appropriately. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2064,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-pathisi.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-802","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2923,"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/802\/revisions\/2923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kkonstantinidis.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}