A Viewer Spotted a Lump on Her Neck. Now, She’s Having a Tumor Removed.

When an eagle-eyed viewer noticed something on the broadcast journalist Victoria Price’s neck during a televised segment last month, the woman sent her a short, cryptic email.

“Just saw your news report,” the viewer wrote to Ms. Price, an investigative reporter for WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fla. “What concerned me is the lump on your neck. Please have your thyroid checked.”

“Reminds me of my neck,” the viewer added. “Mine turned out to be cancer.”

Ms. Price heeded the advice: A week later, she saw her doctor. That visit was followed by a first round of blood work and an ultrasound that she said came back as “suspicious.” Then came a referral for a thyroid specialist. On Tuesday, she learned that she had thyroid cancer and that it was spreading to her lymph nodes.

Ms. Price, 28, shared the news this week with viewers.

“My reaction was just like, ‘OK, what’s the game plan?’” she said in an interview on Friday. “Let’s get this done.”