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Chances of survival for a 24yo women with a 8.7cm papillary cancer of thyroid with metastic neck disease 13/15 lymph nodes were cancerous.

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100% survival rate: In younger 45 , papillary carcinoma with only lymph node spread no distant metastasis , next step is to get all available treatments

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Answered 4/23/2016

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