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Does papillary thyroid carcinoma always spread to the lymph nodes first or can it spread elsewhere first?

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Lymph node spread: Pure papillary carcinomas spread to adjacent lymph nodes most of the time , rare to distant organs , and relatively slow growing controllable tumors with good prognosis with treatment (s).

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Answered 1/12/2016

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