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11-05-2009, 10:03 PM	#1
Ms_1 Newbie (female) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: indiana, usa Posts: 1	??? thyroid cancer If an FNA shows favorable follicular neoplasm and hurthle cell metaplasia and a total thyroidectomy revealed thyroid tissue in the lymph nodes does that mean its cancer?

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11-06-2009, 11:59 AM	#2
Reece Senior Veteran (female) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,163	Re: ??? thyroid cancer It really depends---usually with follicular it depends if the follicular cells were encapsulated in the tumor or not. What did the final path report say? What did your surgeon tell you?

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