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I had a hemithyroidectomy in 2010. i had a 3.5cm thyroid module. the diagnosis was minimally invasive thyroid cancer. is no further treatment ok?
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Yes: If all margins are negative and no lymph nodes involvement- no further treatment is needed after curative surgical resection. Which type of thyroid cancer by the way was it?
Answered 3/26/2013
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Possibly: Actually, standard of care in cancer cases, with the exception of some papillary thyroid microcarcinomas, is completion thyroidectomy, removing the other lobe. For minimally invasive ftc, which you had, removing the rest of the gland is not due to the likeliness of residual tumor, but for assuring no additional thyroglobulin production, serum levels of which are used to screen for recurrence.
Answered 3/22/2020
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