The clinician finds numerous nodules on the thyroid of a 65-year-old woman. The clinician suspects thyroid cancer. Which of the following information would be most significant for this patient?
a. A history of tonsillectomy in the 1940s
b. Recent exposure to mumps
c. Vegetarian diet
d. Allergy to iodine
ANS: A
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