What Is Thyroid Cancer?
10. Prognosis for Recovery
Thyroid cancer is one of the more curable cancers. Depending on the location, the severity of the tumor and the stage of the disease, removal of the thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes may be enough to keep it at bay.
There are instances of recurrence of cancer elsewhere in the body after thyroid removal. This is due to the cancer metastasizing and traveling from one tissue group to the other. Patients who go through radiation treatment after surgery and hormone replacement often have a positive post-cancer life.
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