Xiao Ai recently heard a saying from a doctor friend: "If I have to get a cancer in my life, I will choose thyroid cancer ." Getting cancer is something that no one wants to encounter, but people who have thyroid cancer will often feel glad: Fortunately, it is thyroid cancer, which is really "a blessing in disgrace"! Why do you think so?
The reason why Xiao Ai’s doctor friend said this is naturally his reason. Thyroid cancer can be said to be the kindest cancer. You can also call thyroid cancer a kind of "lazy cancer" because it is not as ambitious as other cancers. You have to hold it in your energy and become bigger and stronger, spread everywhere, robbing the nutrients of other normal cells and damaging the functions of organs and tissues.
thyroid cancer has low malignancy, slow development, and high survival rate . Other cancers are calculated for 5-year survival rates, and 5-year is nothing special for thyroid cancer. Statistics are calculated based on 20-year survival period , and it was found that 80 to 90% of patients with thyroid cancer can live for 20 years.
Moreover, the prognosis of thyroid cancer is also very obvious, with the recurrence rate of less than 3% . Even if these 3% of patients who will relapse can still be treated through surgery or iodine 131. Many of them can still survive for a long time.
However, thyroid cancer has a high survival rate and a low chance of recurrence and metastasis, which is only relative to the overall thyroid cancer data. However, the degree of malignancy of different types of thyroids is also different. Thyroid cancer can be divided into papillary carcinoma , follicular carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, and undifferentiated carcinoma. The malignancy of the first two types of thyroids is very low, and the malignancy of medullary cancer is still moderate. As for the malignancy of undifferentiated cancer, is more terrible.
thyroid undifferentiated cancer cannot prevent and distinguish in advance, and once it appears, it develops very quickly. Undifferentiated thyroid cancer will cause patients to experience symptoms such as urgency and large mass in front of the neck. Even if it is discovered in time, the tumor may grow to the stage where the patient has not completed the examination. Depending on the condition, cancer can be divided into stage 1 to 4, but the undifferentiated cancer will be stage 4. No cancer in the world develops so rapidly.
For patients with stage 4 differentiated thyroid, it is generally believed that surgery should be actively treated with , and the removal of thyroid gland and bilateral neck lymph nodes and were selected. If the patient has a problem of distant metastasis, the metastasis should be removed as much as possible based on a total thyroidectomy, and the radioactive iodine should be treated after the thyroid is removed.
thyroid undifferentiated cancer cannot be prevented and distinguished in advance. The cure rates of other thyroid cancers are also quite good. Can you ignore it?
of course not! Although other thyroid cancers have low malignancy, they do not mean that they have zero malignancy. Once thyroid cancer develops to the stage of spreading and metastasis, the situation will be difficult to deal with. Therefore, early detection and early treatment are the best strategies.
Thyroid cancer is commonly known as "big neck disease". As the name suggests, will show that the neck is swollen. You can raise your head and touch your neck from the bottom of the Adam's apple to the top of the clavicle. Whether there is any lump or protrusion. If there is anything unusual, you should pay attention to it. In addition, swelling of the neck may also be caused by other reasons, so you need to go to the hospital for examination and judgment of the condition in time.
When the tumor grows, it will compress the organs. If you find that has a feeling of compression on the neck, difficulty swallowing, or a sense of blockage, you should be alert to the possibility of thyroid cancer and seek medical treatment as soon as possible.
Sometimes thyroid cancer can invade the trachea, causing poor breathing and snoring while sleeping. When snoring with unknown reasons for , can also be considered whether there is a problem with the thyroid gland.
Thyroid cancer is the most commonly found cancer in physical examinations, so everyone should develop the good habit of regular physical examinations, especially for high-risk groups who have had a history of head and neck radiation exposure, family history of thyroid cancer, overweight or obese, and long-term adverse moods, can achieve good results and improve survival rates! #Qingfeng Plan##39 Health Super Group#
Some people say that if I have to get a cancer in my life, I would rather be thyroid cancer! Tell me what you think~
Reference materials:
1, Tian Mi. How to treat differentiated thyroid cancer [J]. Dietary Health Care, 2019, 6(43): 79-80.
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