if lymph nodes are involved on a papillary thyroid cancer, can it be spread to stomach?
can it be spread to the lungs?
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It is rare for papillary to spread all the way down to the stomach. If it has gone untreated for many, many years (20+) then it may be possible. It can spread to the lungs, but it is not that common. A positive thing about pap thyca is that radioactive iodine is usually an effective treatment...I say usually because I had 2 large doses that didn't do anything to mine, mine was best treated surgically.
Papillary thyroid cancer is very slow growing, one can have it for several years with little change in prognosis. And it is rarely fatal. I have a friend who had thyroid cancer with lung mets, 2 RAI treatments took care of it.
Some useful sites for you:
www.thyca.org
www.thyroid.org
www.endocrineweb.com
www.livestrong.org
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Difference between spring catarrhal and giant papillary conjunctivitis ?
Hello dear ophthalmologists. i want to know how can i differentiate between spring catarrhal and giant papillary conjunctivitis (when looking to a picture of both them )
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Both are allergic type reactions. The first is an allergy associated with exposure to environmental allergens you come in contact with that result in degranulation of mast cells and release of histamine and therefore all the following allergy related symptoms. The second is an auto immune disorder where the body starts to recognize deposits on a contact lens as being a foreign object and then attempts to reject the lens from the body. It's much the same idea as when a body recognizes a heart transplant as foreign and tries to reject the transplanted heart.
In the seasonal allergy situation you will see the palpebral conjunctiva (the tissue on the underside of the eyelids) develop an overall errythemic appearance (red) with small diffuse papillae (bumps). With the GPC you will see exactly what the name suggests. Giant (BIG) Papillary (BUMPS) under the upper lid. These bumps many times will be less vascularized and can almost look jelly like. These bumps produce excessive amounts of mucous the purpose of which is to attempt to encapsulate the offending agent (contact lens) and rid it from the eye by expelling the mucous. Problem is, though, that the contact lens is so well fitted to the eye that the mucous only serves to further deposit the contact which worsens the GPC response.
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What is intraductal papillary carcinoma with oci suspection?
Ask an Expert: Intraductal papillary carcinoma
Q. I have recently been diagnosed with a very rare type of breast cancer called Intraductal Papillary Carcinoma. I am looking for any information you might have on this type of breast cancer and how it is treated.
Answer from the expert staff of breast cancer research at the Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center at Providence Portland Medical Center: Intraductal papillary carcinomas are indeed rare, accounting for less than 1 percent to 2 percent of breast cancers in women. However, this type of cancer is similar to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in some important ways. It is a non-invasive cancer that is confined to the ducts in the breast. It rarely spreads to the axillary lymph nodes or elsewhere in the body.
Standard treatment for intraductal papillary carcinoma is the same as treatment for DCIS; namely, either a combination of lumpectomy and radiation or a mastectomy, possibly followed by tamoxifen therapy. Less than 1 percent of patients treated for intraductal papillary carcinoma will have a recurrence. (
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If you had GPC (Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis) do you have to wear daily disposables contacts?
I had GPC and I do not want to wear daily disposable contacts because I prefer 2 week contacts... Am i allowed to use 2 week contacts instead?
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No, you don't HAVE to wear daily disposables. I know because I have GPC and my eye doctor has told me that, so long as your symptoms are under control (no itching, no discomfort, lenses are not riding up in your eye), you can manage even 6 months or yearly contact lenses so long as you properly clean them (and that has to REALLY be done well) and use antihistamine eye drops once or twice a day to keep the symptoms from coming back.
Please please please visit http://bestcolorcontacts.blogspot.com/ and read the entry on GPC because it will help you. You should also read on the care of your contacts because it teaches how to properly care for the contacts (what to use, etc). (
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I was diagnosed w/papillary thyroid cancer. What was your experience with meds/surgery?
I am meeting a surgeon on Monday to schedule my thyroidectomy. I am 41, healthy, normal functioning thyroid otherwise. I am concerned about weight, meds, moods, the actual surgery......what has been your experience? I am an avid exerciser and 130 lbs.
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This one is a long answer.
:-)
I was diagnosed at age 26 with papillary thyroid cancer, not really an exerciser, big lover of junk food, but I was about a size 8 (5'4", 130 pounds) at that time.
I postponed RAI (radioactive iodine) because I wanted to have children.
After the surgery, I didn't really gain much weight. Some people gain up to 10 pounds that can be blamed on thyroid. Anything more than 10 pounds is probably unrelated to thyroid (lack of exercise, pregnancy weight, etc.).
Your TSH will need to be suppressed for the rest of your life except for when you go through RAI treatment. You'll need to take a suppressive dose of levothyroxine (T4) like synthroid. Normal TSH is about 1.0-2.0. Yours will need to be around 0.1. This is technically, chemically, hyPERthyroidism. You may feel jittery, panic, hot flashes, heart palpitations, irritable, lose weight, etc. If you feel these symptoms, you may need to slightly lower your dose of meds enough to stop those "hyperthyroidism" symptoms, but still keep your TSH as low as possible.
Mood? Well...being told you have cancer, no matter how "treatable" it is, is life changing and can be very depressing. There have been days that I've just sat down in the middle of my living room and just cried my head off. But it's been almost 6 years now for me...so those days don't really happen anymore. Instead of thinking "why me" I just try to think "it could have been worse."
This kind of goes back to what I said before about the hyperthyroidism symptoms. I was feeling depressed and jumpy all at the same time...like panic. My endocrinologist said that I need to "get over it." My primary care doctor diagnosed me with depression and I took anti-depressants for awhile. The anti-depressants helped a little. I switched endocrinologists and the new one lowered my dosage and I stopped the anti-depressants. Now I feel great!! Turns out it wasn't really depression...just way too much thyroid hormone.
I have 2 totally healthy kids now. One born after the surgery and the other born after surgery and RAI. Oh...I am still 5'4" but I weigh about 145 pounds now (baby weight...not thyroid) and I wear a size 10.
The surgery went well. The doctor will cut the nerves in your neck which will numb the area for several months, until the nerves regrow. To this day, I have never felt pain from the surgery. I spent 2 nights in the hospital because my parathyroids went into shock causing my calcium levels to drop. I just had to take a calcium pill and some vitamin d for 1 month. I had sore shoulder muscles though because psychologically, I felt like my neck was cut from end to end even though the incision was only 2 inches. I walked around hunched over for a few weeks. My parents kept reminding me to stand up straight.
As far as recovery...I made Thanksgiving dinner exactly 1 week after surgery. I just had to prove to myself and everyone around me that I could do it and I could beat cancer!
Good luck to you...Check out the website link below for lots of useful info about thyroid cancer.
Regards,
mari (
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papillary thyroid cancer spread to lymph nodes question?
my girlfriend has just gotten diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer which has spread to her lymph nodes, has anyone gone through this experience or know of any one that has that can shed some light for me. she is in her mid 30's. Please anyone that can enlighten me with their experience, i am very worried and terrified.
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I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma with lymph node spread when I was 26 and what they did for me was remove my thyroid and the lymph nodes that were effected and a few more just to make sure and then 6 months after surgery I did a round of radiation with is just a iodine pill that you take and a full body scan to make sure there was no uptake but in my case there was so they gave me a higher dose and now I do the RAI body scan every 6 months a so far all is perfect. From everything that my doctors told me and I went to Mayo Hospital is that if you had to choose a cancer to have just because you would want thyroid cancer because it is very slow growing with close to 100% cure rate even with lymph node spread and recurrence hope I was able to help (
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Can one form of cancer (specifically papillary thyroid cancer) lead to another cancer?
I have had papillary thyroid cancer and got it removed in July 2005. I was wondering if this makes me more prone to other cancers, such as skin cancer. Ever since my surgury, I've been so suspicious of cancer popping up in other place, and I just wanted to know what I should look out for. Thanks.
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Cancer is a whole body thing - not just one type of cancer in one place. The problem with the current system of medicine is that it treats symptoms only, and never considers the cause. If you have cancer, your whole body has it, although it may show in only one place.
The solution is to go for a holistic cure, of which about 100 are available,
They are not publicised by the cancer industry, because there is no money to be made. For the same reason, they are not approved by the FDA, so even if doctors do know about them, they are not allowed to recommend them.
For a detailed report on this subject, and some holistic cures, see
http://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/cancer.html (
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does anyone know what kind of exposer has been related to papillary carcinoma?
my husband was a commercial painter for many yearss and im curious if this could be related?
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Papillary Cancer? Do you mean Thyroid Caner?
I have Papillary Cancer (thyroid cancer - papillary) and I just had the surgery to remove the entire thyroid. A couple months after that, I had radioiodine treatments.
I was told that the only well know cause of this type of cancer is radiation exposure. This is all I know about this type of cancer. I didn't know anything about this, no symptoms, nothing.
I was asked if I had any exposure to radiation, but I don't know. Did you husband do any painting in a known radioactive dump area? Maybe a super site? You might want to looking into any relationship between his occupation and this type of cancer.
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Can you swim if you have giant papillary conjunctivitis?
My doctor told me my that I can't wear contacts for three weeks, but I forgot to ask him if I could go swimming. So can I? (preferably from a real eye doctor or someone that is very knowledgeable). Thanks!!
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The only problem I see is that if you go swimming you may wash away some of the medication from your eye which will not allow for it to heal. ( I am assuming you are using a topical ointment)
It should be fine to go to the pool/beach but dont put your head underwater or allow a lot of water to be splashed in your face.
I would also recommend that you wear sunglasses, the ointment may cause your eye to be more sensitive to the sun. ( depends on what you are taking) (
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does anyone no someone who has or had mucinous cystadenocarcinoma starting in the appendix ?
My dad was diagnosed with mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix. It wasn't discovered until they did surgery. It had spread to the colon, of which they removed half, 16 lymph nodes were taken out and were cancerous, a portion of muscle and a nodule on his peritoneum. It is staged at a 3. I was wondering if the folfox treatment was good and what outcomes how ppl u know have done with this type of cancer. thx, tammy
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My husband was diagnosed January 2007 with mucinous adenocarcinoma, primary appendix, also only found on surgery for suspected appendicitis. Also stage 3.
Having cancer start in the appendix is not very common, but it's treated as colon cancer, where there is plenty of information and research.
FOLFOX (oxaliplatin + 5FU) is the standard treatment and so far they have not found anything better, though there are trials adding Avastin to the mix. One alternative chemo uses the tablet form of 5FU (capecitabine) instead of the IV form. This has proved similarly effective as the IV form, but is less hassle for the patient (only a short IV for the oxaliplatin).
Husband has been clear since the end of his chemo July 2007 :-)
Good luck to your father and to you/family as you go through this tough time. Feel free to email through Y!Answers (
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