Thyroid Cancer—Patient Version

There are four main types of thyroid cancer, its aggressiveness varies. Thyroid papillary carcinoma (most common), follicular medullary and medullary thyroid carcinoma can usually be cured, but current therapy is difficult to treat undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma. For more information on thyroid cancer treatment, screening, statistics, research and clinical trials, please see the link on this page.

Most thyroid cancer has very healing power. Indeed, the most common types of thyroid cancer (thyroid papillary and follicular thyroid cancers) are the most healing powers. For younger patients under 50 years of age, the cure rate for both papillary and follicular cancer exceeds 98% when treated properly. Papillary and follicular thyroid cancers usually remove complete thyroid lobes, including at least cancer. There is a thyroid cancer nodule in the thyroid gland, there are multiple other nodules on both sides of the thyroid gland, or when the cancer spreads to the cervical lymph nodes, it can clearly show that the thyroid has been completely excised I will.

After completely resecting the thyroid gland, radioactive iodine is administered to patients with certain thyroid cancer known as "differentiated thyroid cancer". These differentiated thyroid cancers include thyroid papillary carcinoma and thyroid follicular carcinoma, the most common thyroid carcinoma. If the patient has normal thyroid cells or the remaining thyroid cancer cells (and any thyroid cancer cells that retain this iodine absorption capacity), these cells absorb and concentrate radioactive iodine.

Thyroid cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the thyroid tissue. The thyroid gland is at the bottom of the throat and it produces hormones that help the body function properly. Most patients are between the ages of 25 and 65, and women with thyroid cancer are more common than men. It is the most common malignancy of the endocrine (hormone) system. There are four main types of thyroid cancer (depending on the type of cell in which cancer occurs), papillary cancer, follicular cancer, medullary cancer, and undifferentiated cancer. Occasionally other types of cancer (lymphoma, sarcoma and carcinosarcoma) may be found in the thyroid gland. Several thyroid cancers are caused by exposure to radiation, and some medullary carcinomas are associated with hereditary diseases (multiple endocrine neoplasms). However, in most cases, the reason is not clear