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  1. Overall, the prognosis of papillary thyroid cancer is excellent, especially if you’re younger than 40 at diagnosis and have a small tumor. PTC can often be treated successfully and is rarely fatal, even if it has spread to lymph nodes in your neck. Factors that may lead to a worse prognosis include:
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    Prognosis [ edit] Depending on source, the overall 5-year survival rate for papillary thyroid cancer is 96 percent or 97 percent, with a 10-year survival rate of 93 percent.
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    Papillary Thyroid Cancer Quick Facts:

    • Peak onset ages 30 through 50
    • Females more common than males by 3 to 1 ratio
    • Prognosis directly related to tumor size [less than 1.5 cm (1/2 inch) very good prognosis]
    • Accounts for 85% of thyroid cancers
    www.thyroidcancer.com/thyroid-cancer/papillary
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    Overall, the prognosis of papillary thyroid cancer is excellent, especially if you’re younger than 40 at diagnosis and have a small tumor. PTC can often be treated successfully and is rarely fatal, even if it has spread to lymph nodes in your neck. Factors that may lead to a worse prognosis include: Being older than 55 years at diagnosis.
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    Yes, it is possible to stop growth of Papillary Thyroid Cancer, if distant metastasis hasn’t occurred yet. Treatment modalities available to cure Papillary Thyroid Cancer include thyroidectomy (thyroid gland removal), lobectomy (thyroid lobe removal) and radioactive ablation therapy. Post-thyroidectomy, patients need to take thyroid hormone pills (levothyroxine) daily. Close monitoring of such patients is advised both per and post operatively.
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    Receiving a cancer diagnosis of any kind can be a frightening and confusing experience. It’s common to feel anxious, fearful, and uncertain about what the future may hold. However, it’s important to remember that papillary thyroid cancer is generally treatable and often curable, especially when detected early.
    While all cancer types are serious in that they require medical treatment and have the potential to spread to other parts of your body ( metastasize ), papillary thyroid cancer has the best overall prognosis of all thyroid cancer types. PTC can often be treated successfully and is rarely fatal. Where does papillary thyroid cancer spread first?
  3. WEBJan 1, 2023 · Introduction. Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is an epithelial malignancy showing evidence of follicular cell differentiation …

    • Author: Faten Limaiem, Anis Rehman, Thomas Mazzoni
    • Published: 2023/01/01
    • Publish Year: 2021
  4. WEBMay 22, 2023 · What is it? Symptoms. Cancer types. Cause. Diagnosis. Staging. Treatment. Summary. Papillary thyroid cancer is one of the most common and slow growing types of thyroid cancer. The...