How long can you live with papillary carcinoma?

When it comes to cancer, everyone will have a fearful mentality, because the cure rate of cancer is not only very low, but also when the disease develops to the late stage, it will threaten the patient's life. Papillary thyroid cancer is a disease with a relatively low malignancy and can occur in people of any age. The highest incidence rate is children and young women. So how long can people with papillary cancer live?

First, how long can a patient with papillary carcinoma live? Among malignant tumors, the prognosis of thyroid cancer is generally good. Thyroid cancer has a low degree of malignancy and a slow course of disease. With regular treatment, patients can survive for a long time. Many thyroid cancers have metastasized, but patients can still live for more than ten years. There are many factors that affect how many years a patient with thyroid cancer can live, such as age, gender, pathological type, extent of the lesion, metastasis and surgical method, among which the pathological type is the most important.

Second, 95% of patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer can survive for a long time, especially papillary adenocarcinoma, which tends to have good biological characteristics and the best prognosis, but a few can also transform into highly malignant undifferentiated cancer; undifferentiated cancer has the worst prognosis, and patients often die within half a year. There are many factors involved in prognosis, such as age, gender, pathological type, extent of lesions, metastasis and surgical method, among which pathological type is the most important. The occurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma can be affected by hormones, genetics, environmental factors, such as radiation, goitrogenic substances, iodine deficiency, etc. In addition, Hashimoto's thyroiditis may also lead to the occurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

How long can a patient with papillary carcinoma live? The sooner or later depends on the severity of the disease. There are many early stage patients, especially those with early stage papillary thyroid cancer. Some statistics show that the survival rate can reach 95%-98% in ten years, and around 80% in twenty years. Therefore, for some patients who are diagnosed early and receive standardized treatment, they should survive for a very long time. Most patients rarely have recurrence after surgery and treatment. Only a very small number of patients in the very advanced stage will have some problems. For example, only about 5% of them will not live more than ten years. These patients are in the relatively late stage and are likely to have lung metastasis and bone metastasis. So patients with thyroid cancer don’t have to worry. Generally speaking, this disease will not cause death.