How many years can a person with thyroid cancer live? What is the specific survival time?

Thyroid cancer is a common endocrine tumor in clinical practice. The specific survival time of thyroid cancer patients is related to the pathological type of thyroid cancer, treatment effect, personal constitution, and the presence or absence of other complications, so it cannot be generalized. In general, the 5-year survival rate of early-stage thyroid cancer is relatively high, usually exceeding 90%, while the 5-year survival rate of mid- and late-stage thyroid cancer will be correspondingly lower.

1. Pathological type: Common thyroid cancers include papillary thyroid cancer, follicular thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid cancer and anaplastic thyroid cancer. Usually, for patients with papillary thyroid cancer and follicular thyroid cancer, if they can undergo surgical treatment in the early stages of the disease, the prognosis is good and they can live to a normal life span. For patients with medullary thyroid cancer and anaplastic thyroid cancer, the prognosis is usually poor and the survival time is short;

2. Treatment effect: For patients with early-stage thyroid cancer, especially those with small lesions and no metastasis, timely surgical resection generally does not affect their normal life expectancy. However, for patients with mid- to late-stage thyroid cancer, the surgical treatment effect is poor and the tumor may spread and metastasize, so their life expectancy is relatively short;

3. Personal constitution: If the patient has a good constitution and a strong immune system, the cancer cells may be confined to a local area and not metastasize or invade. The survival time of such patients will be extended accordingly. On the contrary, if the patient has a poor constitution and a weak immune system, the tumor will easily spread and metastasize, and the survival time will be shortened accordingly.

4. Whether there are complications: If thyroid cancer is discovered in the early stage and surgical resection and lymph node dissection are performed in time, life expectancy will generally not be affected. However, if thyroid cancer is discovered in the middle or late stage and has already metastasized to distant sites, surgical resection may not have a good effect on the disease and survival time will be shortened accordingly.