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How fast does thyroid cancer spread
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Keshab Paudelanswered
Internal Medicine 21 years experience
Please see below: Papillary and follicular thyroid cancers are referred to as differentiated thyroid cancer, which means that the cancer cells look and act in some resp... Read More
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Dr. Alen Cohenanswered
ENT - Head & Neck Surgery 16 years experience
Rarely : Those types of thyroid cancer are well-differentiated types and rarely spread out of the thyroid gland and usually carry an excellent prognosis with o... Read More
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Head and Neck Surgery 34 years experience
Papillary/follicular: Differentiated (or well differentiated) thyroid cancers generally are slow growing and indolent but occasionally they can be aggressive. It is hard to... Read More
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1.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Yimanswered
Surgical Oncology 31 years experience
Usually Slow.: It depends on the type of thyroid cancer but the most common type, papillary thyroid cancer, usually grows and spreads slowly. There is another very ... Read More
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4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Susan Wingoanswered
Endocrinology 35 years experience
Blood test, nuc scan: Blood tests for thyroglobulin(tg) are very sensitive for persistent thyroid cancer. Tg is only found in active thyroid cells, and after surgery and r... Read More
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6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lawrence Hochmananswered
Radiation Oncology 33 years experience
Highly unlikley: The gallbladder as a site for metastasis or spread from other cancers is almost unheard of.
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A 50-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sewa Leghaanswered
Medical Oncology 52 years experience
The spread of cancer to other parts of the body can be easily detected with the use of X-Rays, CT scans or PET scans.
These tests are useful in cases ... Read More
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Reviewed Oct 01, 2021
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Yimanswered
Surgical Oncology 31 years experience
There are options.: The standard treatment, if the thyroid cancer that spreads to the chest takes it up, is radioactive iodine. Otherwise there are drugs called tkis suc... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hassan Arshadanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 18 years experience
Thyroid cancer: The most common types of thyroid cancer are treated with surgery and a dose of radio-iodine after the surgery (depending on certain features of the ca... Read More
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4.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Addagada Raoanswered
General Surgery 58 years experience
Yes but rare: Thyroid cancers do spread ( meta) to brain less frequently.
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5.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hassan Arshadanswered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 18 years experience
Usually none: Thyroid cancers can spread to lymph nodes in the neck, lungs, or bones. It can spread to other areas but it's rare for it to spread to the kidney... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Dennis Higginbothamanswered
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology 32 years experience
Probably: Thyroid cancer is quite responsive to treatment with radio-iodine. Your best source for information on treatment is your oncologist.
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