Thyroid disorders can range from a small, harmless goiter (enlarged gland) that needs no treatment to life-threatening cancer.
And one woman in three and one man in two in this country will at some point develop a potentially life-threatening cancer.
Decker, don't you understand, every day of delay is like putting off the removal of a life-threatening cancer.
Only one in five will grow into a life-threatening cancer, but there is no way to be sure which will and which will not.
Crash had become a real father figure in Blaze's eyes, and on learning of Crash's life-threatening cancer, Blaze turned to the occult.
If your doctor performs the procedure too rapidly, he may miss some polyps that could develop into life-threatening cancers.
The disease is the most common life-threatening cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American women.
And there is an argument that many of the tumours detected by screening would not actually have developed into a life-threatening cancer.
Melanoma is a potentially virulent, life-threatening cancer.
And some women may be treated for conditions that might never have turned into life-threatening cancers.