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| Latest Updated: Thyroid Cancer More than 20,000 people get thyroid cancer annually in the US alone. Of these, women are three times more prone to thyroid cancer in comparison to men.
There are 4 types of thyroid cancer, namely, Papillary or Mixed Papillary, Follicular / Hurthle Cell, Medullary, and Anaplastic. Papillary or Mixed Papillary is the most common type of thyroid cancer which accounts for more than 70% of thyroid cancer, Follicular / Hurthle Cell accounts for less than 20% of thyroid cancer cases, Medullary which is less than 5% and the rare Anaplastic which occurs in only 1% of thyroid cancer.
Most of these types of thyroid cancer are curable and the papillary and follicular thyroid cancer are almost always curable, with a 97% cure rate in younger people. In both papillary and follicular thyroid cancers, the entire lobe of the thyroid is surgically removed. It is here that the cancer cells typically grow. Since most types of thyroid cancers are papillary and since it can almost always be cured, thyroid cancer is not quite fatal any longer.
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| Random Useful Tip: |
Epinephrine shot If you are known to have a severe anaphylactic reaction, carry an epinephrine (adrenaline) shot with you at all times. Pay attention to expiration date and replace it regularly: upon expiration, it loses its effectiveness. |
| Random Drug Info: |
Levothyroxine Levothyroxine is a pure synthetic form of T4 hormone that is made in a laboratory to be an exact replacement for the T4 that the human thyroid gland normally secretes. It comes in multiple strengths, which means that an appropriate dosage can almost always be found for each patient. |
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