Is thyroid tumor serious

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I always felt that there was a foreign body in my throat before, so I went to have an examination to find out that it was a thyroid tumor. When I found it, I had already had an operation to remove it. However, when I went to the reexamination a few days ago, I found that the disease had worsened. I was very worried. Today, let me talk with you about the severity of thyroid tumor.

Is thyroid tumor serious

First: thyroid tumor, whether benign or malignant, if there is no metastasis, there are generally no symptoms in the early stage, but only increase in the late stage, causing local compression, leading to dyspnea, no systemic symptoms.

Second, there are four types of thyroid cancer: papillary, follicular, medullary and undifferentiated. Papillary cancer needs surgical treatment, and surgery can almost completely cure those small cancers. Follicular carcinoma should be resected as much as possible, and the residual thyroid tissue, including metastatic carcinoma, should be treated with radioiodine.

Third: the prognosis of papillary thyroid cancer is usually very good, even if there is lymph node metastasis, studies believe that its survival time is almost the same as that of non tumor population. It is known that many public figures have a history of papillary thyroid cancer: as long as they carefully cooperate with doctors, they generally have good curative effect.

matters needing attention

Thyroid tumor generally has no obvious symptoms, but once diagnosed as thyroid cancer, if not timely and effective treatment, serious cases may endanger the lives of patients, we must pay attention to it.