Can thyroid cancer be cured?

Many patients do not want to seek treatment when they hear the doctor tell them that they have thyroid cancer, because in traditional thinking, cancer cannot be cured. Many people think that timely treatment of cancer does not have much effect. So today we will take you to understand, can thyroid cancer be cured?

To know whether thyroid cancer can be cured, let us first understand the current treatment status of thyroid cancer at home and abroad:

Thyroid cancer is composed of several tumors with different biological behaviors and different pathological types, mainly including papillary adenocarcinoma, follicular carcinoma, undifferentiated carcinoma, and medullary carcinoma. The postoperative situation of each type of thyroid cancer will be different, so we should first understand how many types of thyroid cancer there are and the degree of radical cure of each type:

The chance of radical cure of follicular adenocarcinoma after surgery can reach 80%, and the survival rate is also very long. The life expectancy of most patients can be extended by many years.

Almost 90% of papillary adenocarcinomas can be cured after surgical treatment, and even if they cannot be cured, patients can still survive for a long time.

The cure rate of medullary carcinoma can reach over 70% after surgical treatment. If properly maintained, the patient can survive for a long time without affecting his life.

Undifferentiated cancer mostly occurs in the elderly. Whether it can be cured depends on the physical fitness of the elderly. The degree of cure of these patients after treatment cannot be generalized.

The above is the cure situation of various types of thyroid cancer. In other words, thyroid cancer still has a certain possibility of being cured, so patients should never give up hope. Active treatment is the best way to deal with it.