Do I Have Thyroid Cancer Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Which pattern best describes any cough or throat-clearing that is not explained by a known cold?
I do not have a new unexplained cough or throat-clearing pattern.
It is occasional and already improving after irritation or illness.
It has persisted or keeps returning without a clear explanation.
It is worsening and occurs with hoarseness, choking, breathing trouble, or an enlarging neck lump.
2. When eating or drinking, what happens as you swallow?
I swallow food and drinks without a new problem.
I occasionally notice mild throat irritation, mainly during an illness.
Food repeatedly feels slow or stuck, or swallowing has become uncomfortable.
I choke repeatedly, cannot swallow saliva, or cannot keep liquids down because of the obstruction.
3. While looking in a mirror or fastening a collar, what have you noticed about the shape of your lower neck?
I have not noticed a visible change.
There is a longstanding, unchanged difference that a clinician has already reviewed.
There is new fullness or asymmetry that has not yet been assessed.
There is an obvious or progressively enlarging swelling.
4. Which statement best reflects your known biological family history?
I know of no biological relative who has had thyroid cancer.
A more distant relative had a non-medullary thyroid cancer.
A parent, sibling, or child had thyroid cancer.
A close relative had medullary thyroid cancer or a known MEN2-related condition.
5. Which description best matches any lump you have felt near the front or side of your neck?
I have not felt a neck lump.
I noticed temporary fullness during an illness, and it resolved completely.
A lump has remained for more than about two weeks or keeps returning.
The lump feels hard or fixed, or has clearly been getting larger.
6. If you have noticed thyroid-area fullness or a known lump, how has its size changed?
I have not noticed fullness or a lump.
A clinician-reviewed benign lump has remained stable on its planned follow-up.
It appears to have gradually enlarged over weeks or months.
It has expanded quickly or produced a rapidly growing neck swelling.
7. Your voice has sounded different lately. Which pattern fits best?
I have not noticed an unexplained voice change.
Hoarseness followed shouting, heavy voice use, or a cold and is improving.
Unexplained hoarseness has lasted more than a couple of weeks or keeps returning.
My voice change is worsening or occurs with a growing neck lump or breathing difficulty.
8. How does clothing or body position affect pressure around your lower neck?
Collars and ordinary positions do not cause new neck pressure.
A tight collar is mildly uncomfortable, but the feeling stops when it is loosened.
Normal collars or lying flat repeatedly create unexplained pressure or fullness.
Pressure is rapidly worsening or comes with choking, swelling, or breathing difficulty.
9. Which description best matches your breathing right now or recently?
I have no new breathing change associated with my throat or neck.
I occasionally notice mild neck tightness without shortness of breath.
Breathing feels restricted when lying down or alongside persistent neck pressure.
I am struggling to breathe, have noisy breathing, or have rapidly worsening airway pressure.
10. How would you describe pain or tenderness around a neck lump or thyroid-area swelling?
I have no lump-related pain or swelling.
Brief soreness followed a strain or infection and is improving.
Unexplained discomfort keeps returning or has persisted.
Pain is worsening, radiates toward an ear or jaw, or occurs with an enlarging lump.
11. Which description best matches any therapeutic radiation exposure involving your head or neck?
I have not had therapeutic radiation involving my head or neck.
I had adult radiation treatment near, but not directly targeting, the neck.
I had radiation directed at my head or neck as an adult.
I had radiation directed at my head or neck during childhood or adolescence.
12. Looking at your neck, voice, swallowing, or breathing changes as a whole, which course best matches them?
I have not experienced the changes described in this quiz.
One mild change was brief and is clearly improving.
A change has persisted, recurred, or remained unexplained.
Changes are progressing, or several concerning changes appeared together.
13. What is your personal history of thyroid conditions or nodules?
I have no known thyroid condition or thyroid nodule.
I have a diagnosed noncancerous thyroid condition managed with routine care.
I have a thyroid nodule that requires scheduled examination or imaging surveillance.
I previously had thyroid cancer, or a suspicious nodule now has a new change or overdue follow-up.
14. Which statement best describes lymph-node-like lumps along the sides of your neck or above your collarbone?
I have not noticed any enlarged nodes or lumps there.
Tender nodes appeared with a recent infection and are steadily shrinking.
A node has lingered after the illness passed or repeatedly enlarges.
A node is hard, painless, fixed, or continuing to grow.
15. What has a healthcare professional recommended about your current thyroid or neck concern?
No clinician has identified a thyroid or neck finding that requires follow-up.
A routine appointment or recheck was suggested.
An ultrasound, thyroid specialist visit, or other targeted assessment was recommended.
A prompt biopsy, urgent specialist assessment, or rapid reassessment of a changing finding was recommended.