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A member asked:
Had tt a year and 3 months ago for metastatic papillary thyroid cancer. i haven't had rai. on the average did the cancer spread to other organs?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Rare: Papillary thyroid cancer has very good prognosis , spreads to adjacent lymph nodes, rarely spread to other organ s , but could . That is the reason you need regular ck. Ups , monitoring scans. Please follow your doctors advice.
Answered 12/10/2013
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Thyroid: Papillary metastasizes outside the neck only about 10-15% of patients while local lymph nodes nay occur in up to 50% of patients. You should get rai if you are otherwise healthy.
Answered 3/22/2013
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