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A member asked:

Is it safe to have thyroid surgery for a follicular neoplasm?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Yes: The best option for treatment of follicular thyroid cancer is surgery.

Dr Villaplana and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 5/7/2013

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Dr. Liawaty Ho answered

Specializes in Hematology and Oncology

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.

Dr Sigari agreed

Answered 6/10/2014

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My thyroid report came as follicular lesion of undetermined significance and follicular lesion cannot be excluded doc said to do the surgery Advice pz?

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My thyroid nodule fna came back as "benign follicularadenoma." I thought follicular growths had to be examinedthrough surgery. Are these results accurate?

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Is surgery recommended if thyroid fna results are follicular lesion of undetermined significance? Should I get second fna?

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Fna of thyroid.. Pap throid ca which i was told non-aggressive. After surgery final path pap ca, follicular variant. No mets or nodes. Aggressive?

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Left thyroid nodule (2.5). FNA Cytology shows cellular follicular lesion suggestive of neoplasm, oncocytic type. Then further Afirma testing shows Bethesda IV and Benign. Dr says not cancer. Is the Afirma accurate? Should I be worried?

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