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Thyroid Cancer
Archives for January 2013
Discussion List
poorly differentiated carcinoma
I recently had my thyroid removed do to a 4CM nodule in my thryoid that was poorly differentiated with Hurthle cell features. Can anyone comment on this,
Elevated TG levels.....
Hi, All-- Haven't posted in a while on this board because I've been on the breast cancer boards. My one year checkup was good so I can breathe for a little while!! I am 2 1/2 years out from my PTC diagnosis & TT. Had RAI twice & am now considered non-iodine avid (I think that's the term). Anyway, RAI doesn't work for me…
BRAF POSITIVE
Hi everyone! Anybody knows about BRAF. I was told that I am braf positive So is this an aggressive cancer? Ihave multiple nodules on both lungs and I am on the watch. I just had CT scan last week and see my Dr. On jan. 24. TG still elevated. Anyone who has positive braf that can share their stories and I need to know to…
PTC with TCV_Options?
I had my thyroid removed in 2008 with RI 131 followup treatment. 24 lymph nodes were removed from my neck and 12 were positive for papillary cancer, although they did not biopsy for TCV. For the next 4 years, my annual body scan was negative and TGA were below normal, although in March 2012, my body scan was again negative…
lung nodules
Just curious everyones take on this and their opinion. I was diagnosed with pap thyca in Oct 2012 had a TT Nov 2012 with "blunt" neck dissection with 4/40 lymph nodes being positive also, the muscle tissue was removed and positive. 1 week after my surgery I had terrible back pain and my primary care told me to get a CT…
Sonogram
I had my first post-operative sonogram on 12/5/2012 and unfortunately the results aren't as sclean as I would like. Two nodes were found to be abnormally large, both in my right neck. One at level IV which was round and 3mm which doesn't "demonstrate a fatty hilum" and one at level VI which was oblong 4mm x 3mm and does…