Don't over-treat thyroid cancer

Thyroid cancer is a malignant tumor that originates from the thyroid follicular epithelium or parafollicular cells. Not all thyroid cancers need to be treated. It needs to be analyzed based on factors such as the specific pathological stage and the type of lesion. Patients with early-stage thyroid cancer who do not have surrounding tissue infiltration and distant metastasis, and who have a highly differentiated tumor, usually have a good prognosis after timely surgical resection, and may even be cured, so overtreatment is generally not recommended. However, patients with mid- to late-stage thyroid cancer who have surrounding tissue infiltration and distant metastasis need to be treated with a combination of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and other treatments. At this time, excessive treatment is not conducive to the patient's recovery and may aggravate the patient's discomfort.

1. Surgical treatment: Patients with advanced thyroid cancer often have cervical lymph node metastasis and may even have distant organ metastasis. In this case, surgical treatment can be performed, and radionuclide therapy can be performed after surgery to remove residual tumor cells;

2. Radiotherapy: For patients with advanced thyroid cancer, if there is cervical lymph node metastasis, cervical lymph node dissection can be performed to remove residual tumor cells.

3. Chemotherapy: Patients with advanced thyroid cancer need chemotherapy after surgical resection to prevent the spread and recurrence of cancer cells. Commonly used chemotherapy drugs include carboplatin and paclitaxel, and chemotherapy should be carried out according to the doctor's advice;

4. Other treatments: If thyroid cancer patients have concurrent diseases such as hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism, they also need to receive treatment targeting the cause, such as using drugs such as levothyroxine sodium tablets to treat hyperthyroidism and thyroxine sodium tablets to treat hypothyroidism. For some patients, endocrine treatment can also be carried out according to the doctor's advice, such as the use of drugs such as levothyroxine sodium tablets.

When patients develop thyroid cancer, it is recommended that they go to the oncology department of the hospital in time and follow the doctor's advice for treatment. In daily life, patients are also advised to maintain a stable mood, avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, and keep warm.