Who is at risk for thyroid cancer?

About three times as many women get thyroid cancer as men. The number of women with thyroid cancer is also going up. By 2020, the number of women with thyroid cancer is expected to double, from 34,000 women to more than 70,000 women.

Thyroid cancer is more common in women who:

• Are between the ages of 25 and 65
• Had radiation therapy to the head or neck, especially in childhood, to treat cancer
• Have a history of goiter
• Have a family history of thyroid cancer