CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Heading into the last weekend of September, UVA Health is getting out the word about symptoms and treatments at the end of Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Nicole Fowler, the head of UVA Health head and neck surgical oncology, described the thyroid as a butterfly-shaped organ low in the front of the neck that releases a hormone which regulates metabolism.
“You know, you think energy, but it also has to do with hair growth, with your skin, with your heart rate, with your sleep, with your bowel function, maybe your menstrual cycle as a woman. So you name it, it has a function that is affected by your thyroid.”
Dr. Fowler said in a Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month briefing that a person who might feel a nodule in the front of their neck should have it checked out…