| Even though thyroid cancer is a disease
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| | again.
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| that cannot be prevented, it is a curable
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| | Futhermore, in the cases of severe
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| affection and can be treated by using an
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| | thyroid cancer, patients may need another
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| appropriate treatment. In addition,
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| | treatment after they passed through a
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| treatments of thyroid cancer usually
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| | surgery. One of the most common procedure
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| include surgeries, radioactive iodine and
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| | is the supplemental thyroid hormone,
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| radiation therapy and depend on the stage
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| | hormones which replace the ones produced
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| and the type of cancers.
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| | by the thyroid. Patients who already
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| To begin with, a common method used in
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| | suffered a surgery tend to become
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| patients with papillary, follicular or
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| | hypothyroid and in this way they need
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| medullary is radiation therapy, a
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| | extra thyroid hormones in order to keep
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| procedure which is used if the patient
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| | the remaining thyroid gland inactive
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| has a risk of recurrence following
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| | through a feedback system.
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| surgery alone, such as the type of cancer
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| | Much more, another procedure used in the
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| known as Tall Cell Variant. Moreover this
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| | thyroid cancer treatments is the use of
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| procedure is used when the tyroid cancer
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| | radiation iodine (RAI). This procedure is
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| is adherent to the trachea, has
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| | usually used for patients who suffer from
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| mediastinal lymp node involvment or
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| | tumors with high risk features such as
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| doesn't take up RAI. It is important to
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| | sizes of 1.5cm, tumors which have spread
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| note that radiation therapy has brought
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| | to other tissues and lymph nodes and also
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| significant results especially for the
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| | thyroid cancer that has come back. What
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| severe types of thyroid cancer and also
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| | is more, a usual treatment used in many
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| for the patients who still present
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| | types of cancers and sometimes in tyroid
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| residual cancer after the surgery.
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| | cancer is chemotherapy. In addition
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| Secondly, even though radiation therapy
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| | certain chemotherapy drugs such as
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| is considered a efficient method, surgery
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| | adriamycin, etoposide or cisplatin are
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| is still the most common procedure in the
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| | usually used in patients who suffer from
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| treatments for tyroid cancers.
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| | anaplastic thyroid cancer or affections
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| Unlike the partial surgeries, such as the
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| | which occured due to the prolonged
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| removal of a single lobe of the thyroid
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| | exposure to RAI or radiation therapy.
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| gland (lobectomy), an extensive surgery
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| | All in all, treatments for thyroid cancer
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| which includes the whole removal of the
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| | vary from a person to other and even
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| thyroid gland thyroidectomy (only small
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| | though this type of cancer is curable,
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| remnant of throid tissue with parathyroid
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| | specialiasts still try to find new
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| glands remain attached to the thyroid).
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| | procedure for certain patients that don't
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| It is important to mention that in many
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| | respond to conventional therapy or
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| cases when the thyroid gland is not
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| | patients with poor prognosis analastic
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| completely removed, the tumor may appear
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| | disease.
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