How long can you live with papillary thyroid cancer? Is the survival rate of papillary thyroid cancer high?

How long you can live with papillary thyroid cancer depends mainly on the severity of the disease. If the disease is diagnosed in the early stage and treated effectively, most people can survive for a long time. However, if the disease is in the late stage, the survival time can be shortened to 1 to 2 years.

Papillary thyroid cancer is a tumor with low malignancy and good differentiation. If a clear diagnosis is made at an early stage and thorough treatment is carried out in time, more than 95% of patients with early papillary thyroid cancer can survive for a long time and their life expectancy will hardly be affected.

Advanced papillary thyroid cancer has metastasized to distant sites, and the condition is more serious at this time, and the treatment effect will be reduced. Even after treatment, the survival period is often only 1 to 2 years, and a few can survive for about 5 years.