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What is the treatment for parathyroid cancer?
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Surgery: Parathyroid cancer is rare. The treatment is usually surgical removal of affected tissues.
Answered 5/29/2012
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Surgery: Aggressive surgical therapy is the best choice.
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Parathyroid cancer.: Treatment is surgery. This usually entails taking out half of the thyroid, the parathyroid tumor, and the tracheoesophageal lymph nodes. Sometimes, post operative radiation may be considered.
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