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What are the rates of survival for thyroid cancer?
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It depends: Papillary thyroid cancer* stage 5-year relative survival rate i near 100% ii near 100% iii 93% iv 51% *based on patients diagnosed 1998 to 1999 follicular thyroid cancer* stage 5-year relative survival rate i near 100% ii near 100% iii 71% iv 50% *based on patients diagnosed 1998 to 1999 medullary thyroid cancer** stage 5-year relative survival rate i near 100% ii 98%.
Answered 2/24/2018
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Age, Stage dependent: Age of 45 is the cutoff, combined with stage. Then the specific type of tumor will be significant. For the most common, papillary carcinoma, there is a >98% 20-year survival for all stage i and ii tumors (which account for all tumors in patients <45 years old). If older than 45, then the numbers decrease -- but are still great: 90% 10-year survival!
Answered 3/6/2013
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