What is the 'thyroid'?

What is the 'thyroid'?

Hossein Jadvar (Doctor) gives expert video advice on: How is radioactive iodine therapy used in treatment of thyroid cancer?; What are the benefits and risks of radioactive iodine therapy?; Are there limitations to radioactive iodine therapy? and more...

The thyroid is a very, very important gland in our body, located in the low, what we call anterior, neck, in the front of the lower aspect of the neck. It is pivotal in the normal metabolism of the body. In fact, so important, that it develops during embryogenesis when we are in the womb. It is required to be functioning normally at some point when it's developed, for the human embryo to develop normally; mentally and physically. It's a very, very important gland that is simply involved in a variety of metabolic pathways in the body.