What Is Thyroid Cancer?
5. Common Thyroid Cancer Types
The category of thyroid cancer a person is diagnosed with depends on the type of cells present in the tumor. The type of cancer dictates how it is treated. The stage of the cancer also impacts the plan doctors come up with for combating it.
Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common and occurs in the follicular cells that make and store hormones. Papillary cancer usually affects people between 30 and 50 years of age. Follicular cancer also occurs in this area of the thyroid, but it is most often diagnosed in those over 50 years old.
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