After Doctors Deliver the News, This Olympic Hopeful Kept Pushing on 0 8. Thyroid Cancer thenewscientist.com When the cancer came back and appeared in her thyroid, it came back with a vengeance. The treatment for thyroid cancer was much more rigorous and caused her extreme pain. She pushed through with a brave face, and somehow, someway, managed to become a professional mid-distance runner and she had made quite the name for herself. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20