The type of thyroid cancer cells and how they look under a microscope
The patient's age and general health.
The prognosis is better for patients younger than 40 years of age who have cancer that has not spread beyond the thyroid.
Thyroid Cancer Prognosis: What Are Survival Rates?
Survival rates indicate the percentage of people who survive the disease for a specific period of time after their diagnosis. In most cases, statistics refer to the five-year survival rate. The five-year survival rate is the percentage of people who are alive five years after diagnosis, whether they have few or no signs or symptoms of cancer, are free of disease, or are receiving treatment. Survival rates are based on large groups of people; they cannot be used to predict what will happen to a particular patient. No two patients are exactly alike, and thyroid cancer treatment and responses to treatment vary greatly.
Thyroid Cancer Prognosis: Survival Rates
Survival rates can be calculated by different methods for different purposes. The thyroid cancer survival rates presented here are based on the relative survival rate. The survival rate measures the survival of thyroid cancer patients in comparison to the general population to estimate the effect of cancer. The overall five-year relative thyroid cancer survival rate from 1995-2001 was 96.6 percent. The five-year relative thyroid cancer survival rates by race and sex were:
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