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[Gcart]

Have read recently about the thyroid growing back when removed because of Graves' disease.

Is that possible when the thyroid is removed due to cancer.? I know that there is alway a little left as told by the surgeon at the time of my op.

It isn't possible to remove all tissue.

Thank you

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that is my biggest fear

!!i thougth i was crazy for thinking that after the surgery the thyroid will come back!

i had the surgery befor one and a half month.my throat still feels swollen.One woman had the surgery and after nine years it came back with a big nodule.They must left a thyroid tissue.

i was suffering for years with huge nodules and now i feel i can breathe again but everyday i have the fear that it willcome back.

because there must be a reason that the doctors say you have to make ultrasounds after total thyroid removal!

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Joannagof,

I had thyroidectomy in 2012 and haven't had ultrasounds since. I'm monitored with annual thyroglobulin and thyroglobulin antibody blood tests which would show any thyroid activity and a physical examination of my throat and neck to detect any swelling which is likely to be swelling of a lymph node and might mean the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.

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Gcart,

I've only heard that the thyroid may grow back in Graves patients. If the Graves patient had thyCa then I suppose it is possibility that the thyroid might regrow. Patients with aggressive thyCa are given radio iodine ablatement (RAI) post thyroidectomy to ablate any remaining thyroid cells.