Actress Sofia Vergara , best known for her role in the TV hit comedy Modern Family, had her entire thyroid removed for thyroid cancer when she was 28 in 2000. This was followed by radioactive iodine therapy and now takes a daily thyroid hormone replacement for her hypothyroidism. Image by Jenn Davis from Wikipedia Thyroid cancer is typically first suspected on a routine examination if a neck mass consistent with a thyroid nodule is palpated. An ultrasound of the neck is typicall…