How to improve the cure rate of thyroid cancer

Many patients with thyroid cancer now feel very strange about the high cure rate mentioned by doctors. Isn’t cancer difficult to cure? Why is the cure rate of thyroid cancer so high? Is this true or is it just something the doctor said to get the patient to have surgery? Today we will help you answer why the cure rate of thyroid cancer is so high?

First, let's understand what kind of disease thyroid cancer is and what types of cancer it is divided into:

Thyroid cancer is the most common thyroid malignancy, accounting for about 1% of all malignant tumors in the body. Except for medullary carcinoma, most thyroid cancers originate from follicular epithelial cells. Thyroid cancer is mainly divided into the following types: papillary adenocarcinoma, follicular adenocarcinoma, medullary carcinoma, and undifferentiated carcinoma.

To say that thyroid cancer has a high cure rate is both correct and incorrect. The cure rate of thyroid cancer is no longer a difficult problem in medicine. The cure rates of various types of thyroid cancer are also good. With the increasing development of social medicine, the cure rate of thyroid cancer has been getting higher and higher in recent years, and many types that were difficult to conquer before have now made breakthrough progress. Let us understand the cure rate data of four types of thyroid cancer:

Almost 90% of papillary adenocarcinomas can be cured after surgery. Follicular adenocarcinomas can achieve an 80% cure rate after surgery, and the survival rate is also very long. Medullary carcinomas can achieve an 80% cure rate after surgery, and can survive for a long time if properly maintained. The fourth type of undifferentiated cancer, this type of thyroid cancer is highly malignant, accounting for about 8% of thyroid cancers, and most of the patients are elderly, with an average age of over 60 years old. The characteristic is that the mass in the front of the neck suddenly increases, and symptoms such as difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, and hoarseness quickly appear. The treatment effect is poor, there is little hope of cure, and the prognosis is poor.

In other words, medically speaking, most thyroid cancers are curable, but these cured cases depend on the joint efforts of patients and doctors. Only when doctors and patients cooperate closely can the cure rate of thyroid cancer be guaranteed to be high.