Radiation Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider
Whom should I contact about any side effects I experience? And how soon? The post Radiation Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider first appeared on MTC Treatment Discussion Guide.
View ArticleWhat is “watch and wait” or active monitoring?
As many cases of medullary thyroid cancer could remain stable or indolent for many years, a “watch and wait” or active monitoring approach is recommended where the managing provider monitors a patient...
View ArticleDoes watching and waiting mean my disease is not being treated?
A “watch and wait” approach is a valid form of monitoring for disease behavior. Although the patient is not technically being treated with any active chemotherapy or drug therapy, they are being...
View ArticleWhat is the chance that the cancer will come back? Should I watch for...
When the medullary thyroid cancer is found and treated while it still remains within the thyroid gland and no lymph nodes were involved with thyroid cancer, the chances for cure are the greatest....
View ArticleQuestion to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About “Watch and Wait”?
How will we know if the cancer has come back? What should I watch for? The post Question to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About “Watch and Wait”? first appeared on MTC Treatment Discussion Guide.
View ArticleQuestion to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About Follow-Up Care?
How often will I need blood work and scans done? What follow-up tests will I need, and how often will I need them? Will I need to stop taking thyroid hormone replacement for these tests? If so, for...
View ArticleQuestion to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About Quality of Life?
How will this treatment affect my daily life? Will I be able to work, exercise, or perform my usual activities? Could this treatment affect my ability to become pregnant or have children? If so,...
View ArticleGeneral Treatment Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider
What are my treatment options? What long-term side effects or late effects are possible based on the cancer treatment I received? What is the goal of each treatment? Is it to eliminate the cancer,...
View ArticleWhy is preserving the parathyroid during surgery important?
The parathyroid glands control our calcium levels in our bloodstream and thus are important organs. They are located close to the thyroid gland and are at risk of not functioning after thyroid surgery....
View ArticleIs radioactive iodine treatment recommended?
Radioactive iodine is not recommended for MTC as medullary thyroid cancer cells do not have iodine receptors and will not absorb the radioactivity and be treated by it. The post Is radioactive iodine...
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