Follicular thyroid cancer

Follicular thyroid cancer accounts for 15% of thyroid cancer which occurs more commonly in women of over 50 years old. Thyroglobulin (Tg) can be used as a tumor marker for well-differentiated follicular thyroid cancer.
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Follicular thyroid cancer spreads via the blood, so that by the time of the diagnosis, most patients have cancer in other parts of the body.

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Follicular thyroid cancer. Follicular thyroid cancer also develops from the follicular cells and usually grows slowly. Follicular thyroid cancer is also a differentiated thyroid cancer, but it is less common that papillary thyroid cancer.

follicular thyroid cancer
Follicular thyroid cancer occurs most often among individuals between 20 and 60 years of age and accounts for about 10 percent of thyroid cancer cases.

Follicular thyroid cancer
Follicular thyroid cancer accounts for about 10 percent of thyroid cancer cases. This type of thyroid cancer is more aggressive and tends to spread through the bloodstream to other parts of the body.

follicular thyroid cancer Cancer that develops from cells in the follicular areas of the thyroid. One of the slow-growing, highly treatable types of thyroid cancer.

Follicular thyroid cancer. Hürthle cell carcinoma is a form of follicular thyroid cancer and is treated the same way.
Medullary thyroid cancer.
Anaplastic thyroid cancer.

STAGE I FOLLICULAR THYROID CANCER
Stage I follicular carcinoma is localized to the thyroid gland.

Papillary and follicular thyroid cancers account for 80-90% of all thyroid cancers. Both types begin in the follicular cells of the thyroid. Most papillary and follicular thyroid cancers tend to grow slowly.

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follicular thyroid cancer (fuh-LIH-kyoo-ler THY-royd KAN-ser) Cancer that forms in follicular cells in the thyroid. It grows slowly and is highly treatable.
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Patients with localized papillary or follicular thyroid cancer also may receive treatment with I-131 (a larger dose than that used in a thyroid scan).

Most papillary and follicular thyroid cancers are diagnosed in individuals between the ages of 20 and 60 years ('Detailed Guide'). The likelihood of recurrence is increased if the first diagnosis is made before age 20 or after age 60 (Sharma).

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