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Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Scottiedog
Scottiedog CSN Member Posts: 3
edited March 2014 in Thyroid Cancer #1
I'm looking to hear from anyone who has been dx with PDTC. Rare and aggressive and not much info out there. Anyone???
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  • jcvolt
    jcvolt CSN Member Posts: 69
    #2
    Um
    I have well differentiated thyroid cancer. I think that means papillary or follicular?
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  • Scottiedog
    Scottiedog CSN Member Posts: 3
    #3
    jcvolt said:

    Um
    I have well differentiated thyroid cancer. I think that means papillary or follicular?

    PDTC
    Well Differentiated is one or the other. Did you have Radiation Iodine ablation yet? Poorly Differentiated is a progression from Well Diff. to Anaplastic. Thanks for the reply.
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  • flygirlc
    flygirlc CSN Member Posts: 30 Member
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    Scottiedog said:

    PDTC
    Well Differentiated is one or the other. Did you have Radiation Iodine ablation yet? Poorly Differentiated is a progression from Well Diff. to Anaplastic. Thanks for the reply.

    I had pap with a follicular varient so no help here. But have you checked out thyca.org? There's also a support group on myspace for thyroid cancer. There are a lot of threads and I think there was someone on there with anaplastic a little while back. Maybe you can find some info on there. I hope so. Good luck to you.
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  • jcvolt
    jcvolt CSN Member Posts: 69
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    Scottiedog said:

    PDTC
    Well Differentiated is one or the other. Did you have Radiation Iodine ablation yet? Poorly Differentiated is a progression from Well Diff. to Anaplastic. Thanks for the reply.

    No
    I had TT on march 9. Doctor says I am done. My carcinoma was only 8mm so she said I didn't need RIA or scan. Sounds a little odd but I'm ok with it.
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  • Mpamla
    Mpamla CSN Member Posts: 2 Member
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    Poorly Differentiated
    Look at my comment under "Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer." It is poorly differentiated.
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