You don't have to do chemo for thyroid cancer as it's not always helpful with thyroid cancer.
However thyroid cancer can be treated and removed through surgery although sometimes chemo combined with external bean radiation therapy is used for treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Thyroid cancer is removed through surgery called thyroidectomy which removes the thyroid gland that is done through an incision that is a few inches long across the front of your neck.
Most people do survive thyroid cancer when it's diagnosed and treated soon enough.
You have a higher chance of surviving thyroid cancer when it's treated before it gets past stage 2 or stage 3.
When you have or think you have thyroid cancer you should worry about it right away and get treatment to prevent the thyroid cancer from spreading any further as untreated thyroid cancer can eventually be fatal and kill you.
Thyroid cancer should always be taken seriously.
Stage 1 thyroid cancer is curable as it's not in too advanced of a stage yet.
Treatment can help remove stage 1 thyroid cancer and prevent it from progressing further and other treatments can help prevent the thyroid cancer from returning.
Thyroid cancer is most often always curable as long as it has not advanced too far.
The sooner you get treatment for the thyroid cancer the better chance you have at curing and getting rid of the thyroid cancer and surviving it.
With treatment most people do survive thyroid cancer if it's treated soon enough.
The early warning signs of thyroid cancer are.
Constant cough that is not caused by a cold.
Trouble breathing.
Trouble Swallowing.
Lump in the neck that sometimes grows quickly.
Swelling in the neck.
Hoarseness or other changes of the voice that don't go away.
Pain in the front of the neck that sometimes leads up to the ears.
If you don't treat thyroid cancer it will grow and grow and get worse and then eventually the untreated thyroid cancer will be fatal.
The life expectancy during thyroid cancer depends on how far progressed the thyroid cancer is.
Stage 4 thyroid cancer life expectancy is 10 years although some people live less than 10 years and only 21 percent of people that have stage 4 thyroid cancer live past 10 years.
The 4 types of thyroid cancer are papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic thyroid cancers.
The papillary thyroid cancer is the most common type of thyroid cancer.
Thyroid cancer is a growth of cells that starts in the thyroid.
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck.
Most thyroid cancers can be cured, especially if they have not spread to distant parts of the body.
If the cancer can't be cured, the goal of treatment may be to remove or destroy as much of the cancer as possible and to keep it from growing, spreading, or returning for as long as possible.
Thyroid cancer grows slowly, often in 1 lobe of the thyroid gland.
It often spreads to lymph nodes in the neck.
Thyroidectomy is surgery to remove part or all of the thyroid gland.
The signs and symptoms of thyroid cancer include.
A lump in the neck, sometimes growing quickly.
Swelling in the neck.
Pain in the front of the neck, sometimes going up to the ears.
Hoarseness or other voice changes that do not go away.
Trouble swallowing.
Trouble breathing.
A constant cough that is not due to a cold.
Thyroid cancer is a cancer of the thyroid which is the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck.
The cause of thyroid cancer is not really known 100 percent, but the cause of thyroid cancer may involve a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Some people have no symptoms of thyroid cancer while others may notice a lump in the neck.
Treatments for thyroid cancer, which are usually successful, include surgery, hormone therapy, radioactive iodine, radiation, and in some cases chemotherapy.
Around 85 out of every 100 men (around 85%) will survive their cancer for 5 years or more after they are diagnosed.
Almost 90 out of every 100 women (almost 90%) will survive their cancer for 5 years or more after they are diagnosed.
Most thyroid cancers respond well to treatment and aren't life-threatening.
After thyroid surgery or treatments, your body still needs thyroid hormones to function.
You'll need thyroid replacement hormone therapy for life.
It has been found that papillary thyroid cancers of any size that are confined to the thyroid gland are unlikely to result in death due to the cancer.
Specifically, the 20-year survival rate was estimated to be 97% for those who did not receive treatment and 99% for those who did.