One of the most important risk factor is Exposure to radiation, when Skin is exposed to UV rays the radiation will increase the chance of having endocrine cancer.  Due to HIV in the body, the body becomes weak by the failure of plasma cells and our body exposes to infections which increase the chance of having endocrine cancer.  Family heredity can be a cause of Endocrine cancer itself: Endocrine cancer can occur with the family members being infected earlier and this links up with family and becomes hereditary. Infection of cancer in the past makes a person who is suffering with other cancer diseases have more risk factors in causing endocrine cancer. There can be one or several factors causing Endocrine cancer, and such causes can be identified with diagnosis of the cancer.

With each and every cause the endocrine cancer is of many types and each one has its own causes. Thyroid cancer which is formed with the swelling in the neck part infecting the voice strings, Carcinoid lung tumor, pancreatic cancer, will be found when the release of the juices from pancreas to liver will not be release regularly and with this the cancer is formed in the pancreas. At present many doctors are conducting researches and causes of the Endocrine cancer in the cells cannot be revealed. The person who is more immune is exposed to these cancers and the other who is not immune is not exposed. No doctor, scientist or the researcher can predict which type of cancer it is in the earlier stages as this cancer in infects the hormonal glands in the Endocrine system.

Till date its been  a mystery that the cause of the cancer in the cells cannot be determined and many doctors are working on this to find out why one person is infected and other who has all the exact features is not affected. No one can predict the type of cancer in the earlier stages with the infection of the cancer in the hormonal glands on the Endocrine system as there are many cancer types like pancreas cancer, thyroid cancer, diabetes etc. The areas that were affected by this type of cancer are stomach, kidneys, reproductive system, Immune system, thyroid glands.

The most commonly found type of endocrine caner is the Thyroid cancer. Most of the found cases for the Endocrine cancer states that the main cause of this is with the Age, exposure to radiation, Hereditary and also with low Iodine diet content. The thyroid cancer can be found by locating a swelling in the neck portion, difficulty in speaking, swallowing and pain in the throat area. Initially the physical diagnosis is done by the doctor and with the blood test to check the levels of the hormones released by the thyroid glands. Based on the reports of the physical examination and the Blood test the doctor suggests for the ultra sound scanning, radio nuclide scanning and biopsy, through which the damaged cells are removed and this is the only way to find whether the cells are damaged are not.