What Is Thyroid Cancer?
8. Treatment Options
When deciding on a course of treatment, a doctor looks at several factors, including the type of thyroid cancer and the current stage. The patient’s overall health is also taken into consideration.
Some of the most common treatment methods include surgery to remove the thyroid. If the cancer has not spread from one side of the gland to the other, a surgeon may only take that part of the thyroid that has the cancerous cells present. Usually, during surgery, the lymph nodes around the thyroid are also removed to help prevent a recurrence of the disease in the neck.
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