Types of thyroid cancer
Healthcare providers generally classify thyroid cancer depending on the type of cells from which it grows. Some of the most common types of thyroid cancer are:
Papillary: More than 80% of this type of cancer is papillary. This particular type of cancer grows rather slowly over time. Even if papillary thyroid cancer often spreads to lymph nodes in your neck, the disease mainly responds quite well to treatment. Papillary thyroid cancer is also very curable and rarely fatal.
Follicular: Follicular thyroid cancer accounts for more than 15% of thyroid cancer diagnoses. This type of cancer is way more likely to spread to your bones and organs, for instance, your lungs. Metastatic cancer (the one that spreads) could be even more challenging to treat.
Medullary: Around 2% of thyroid cancers are actually medullary. A quarter of people with medullary thyroid cancer might have a family history of the disease. Moreover, a faulty gene (also known as a genetic mutation) might be to blame for that.
Anaplastic: This type of aggressive thyroid cancer is actually the hardest one to treat. It rapidly grows and spreads into surrounding tissue and other parts of the body. It’s also a rare cancer type that accounts for 2% of thyroid cancer diagnoses.
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You never tell us about the subtle symptoms of Thyroid.
Women and people who are assigned as female at birth? WTF does that mean?
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TOO MANY PAGES!!!!!!!!!!!
The title mentions ways to know, but no symptoms are mentioned. Do that.
Four signs you have thyroid cancer. Where are they? You got so much crap I can’t even find the article. So very frustrating. Why do you even bother
it says symptoms not to ignore, but none of the symptoms are listed… why?
Where the hell is the rest of the story!