Thyroid gland cancer on the rise in Pakistan: Experts.

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  • Source:
    Daily Messenger (Pakistan). 02/22/2019.
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    • Abstract:
      Endocrine diseases, especially thyroid gland ailments and thyroid cancer are on the rise in Pakistan due to a variety of reasons, but Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) is the only one public sector hospital in the country where patients from entire Pakistan, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad and Balochistan, are being referred to it for these highly specialized surgical procedures. 'Thyroid cancer is on the rise in Pakistan and patients from entire Pakistan are being sent at JPMC for thyroid gland surgeries because we are the only public sector facility where these specialized surgeries are performed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]