How is the prognosis of papillary carcinoma?

Papillary carcinoma typically arises as a solid, irregular or cystic mass that comes from otherwise normal thyroid tissue. This type of cancer has a high cure rate—10-year survival rates for all patients with papillary thyroid cancer estimated at over 90%.

Do aggressive variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma have worse clinical outcome than classic papillary thyroid carcinoma?

Conclusions: When other clinicopathological factors were similar, patients with TCV did not exhibit unfavorable clinical outcome, whereas those with CCV had significantly poorer clinical outcome.

Which thyroid malignancy has poorest prognosis?

The least common type of thyroid cancer is anaplastic thyroid cancer, which has a very poor prognosis. Unless diagnosed early and found during a thyroidectomy, most cases of anaplastic thyroid cancer lead to a rapid and untimely death.

How long can you live with untreated papillary thyroid cancer?

Researchers found that papillary thyroid cancers of any size that are confined to the thyroid gland are unlikely to result in death due to the cancer. Specifically, the 20-year survival rate was estimated to be 97% for those who did not receive treatment and 99% for those who did.

What is the prognosis for papillary thyroid cancer?

The prognosis of a papillary thyroid cancer patients under the age of 55 is excellent. The papillary thyroid cancer staging system takes this information into account, and classifies papillary thyroid cancer simply into two groups based on whether or not they have spread to distant sites:

Is there a staging system for papillary thyroid cancer?

Papillary thyroid cancer has a staging system that is not like other cancers. This staging system for papillary thyroid cancer takes into account the age of the patient.

What are the T categories for papillary thyroid cancer?

T categories for papillary thyroid cancer (does not include anaplastic thyroid cancer) TX: Primary tumor cannot be assessed. T0: No evidence of primary tumor. T1: The tumor is 2 cm (slightly less than an inch) across or smaller and has not grown out of the thyroid.

How old do you have to be to have papillary thyroid cancer?

More recent studies now suggest that this age cutoff is likely significantly higher at the 55 year age, thus newer papillary thyroid cancer staging will likely reflect setting the age at this higher level, but until revised staging is established, 45 years of age is the AJCC break point.