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Half thyroid needs to be removed.docs say 40% chance of cancer. if so than all of it. what is chance of survival & is surgery high risk? thx

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Prognosis is good: Thyroid cancer is a very non aggressive type of cancer. It is rare for people to die of thyroid cancer (unless anaplastic- a very rare form of thyroid cancer). If done by an experienced surgeon, thyroid surgery has a very low risk. You should follow through with what has been recommended.

Answered 2/19/2014

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