Apr
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Answer:
4 types of thyroid cancer. Papillary, Follicular, Medullary, and Anaplastic. Papillary is the most common and most treatable/curable, followed by follicular, medullary, and anaplastic.
I had papillary thyroid cancer 5 years ago. Started off as basic hypothyroidism (slow thyroid). My doc noticed a lump in my neck and a biopsy confirmed cancer. Had surgery to remove the gland followed by radioactive iodine (swallow a radioactive pill and it kills the cancer as well as regular thyroid cells).
I just take a pill everyday for the rest of my life and have a very normal life. I had 2 healthy kids after cancer. Papillary thyroid cancer has about a 95% survival rate after 5 years. The 5% who don't survive after 5 years tend to have died of some other cause (old age, other illness, etc.).
A great resource to learn all about thyroid cancer is www.thyca.org.
Best of luck.
mari