ANAPLASTIC THYROID CANCER
The least common, deadliest thyroid cancer
What happens?
Anaplastic thyroid cancer comes from other thyroid cancers. It can come years after radiation exposure to the thyroid glands. Once it is present it is aggressive and invasive. The thyroid is effected and 25% of the time it spreads to the trachea. It can spread to the lymph nodes and then distant organs.
Imbalence
There is not a proven cause of any Thyroid Cancer, but it starts with an imbalance of genetic material. The genetic mutation causes abnormal cells to start rapidly developing. The cells never die like other cells which causes a tumor to grow. Anaplastic Thyroid cancer is the fastest type of thyroid cancer. It comes from another type of thyroid cancer which starts from the genetic mutation imbalance.
This is how some of the cancer invades other structure and when it can be removed
where the thyroid gland is located and what the cancer looks like and what it does to the throat area
How the anaplastic thyroid cancer can progeress from other types of thyroid cancer
Symptoms
Some of the major symptoms are:
Lump in the neck
Pain in the front of the neck
Change in voice/hoarse voice
Persistent cough coming from a cold
Treatments
Anaplastic thyroid cancer has a very low cure rate. Many patients that have anaplastic thyroid cancer have to have a tracheotomy if there cancer has spread. Treatments are very aggressive and many times are surgeries.
Quote from www.endocrineweb.com
"Anaplastic tumors are the least common (only 1% of all thyroid cancer cases) and most deadly of all thyroid cancers."
Faith Swanger