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Is it safe to have thyroid surgery for a follicular neoplasm?
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Yes: The best option for treatment of follicular thyroid cancer is surgery.
Answered 5/7/2013
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Yes to cure it: Surgical resection of the thyroid gland would be the best treatment to cure the thyroid cancer. Please discuss re- risk, benefits, possible complication etc with your ENT who is specialized in head and neck cancer.
Answered 6/10/2014
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