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Podcast: Doctor Thyroid
Episode: 91: Thyroid Cancer Patients Report Poor Quality of Life After Diagnosis and Treatment → Dr. Aschebrook and Dr. Grogan from UChicago Medicine
Description: The 5-year survival rate for invasive thyroid cancer is 97.9%, and the 10-year survival rate is more than 95%, according to the National Cancer Institute. This leads some people to refer to it as a "good cancer." "The idea behind that 'good cancer' statement is a positive one," said study co-author Raymon Grogan, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine, in Chicago, IL. "It is physicians trying to make people feel better. But, I think it's had the opposite effect over time." The number of thyroid cancer survivors is rising rapidly due to...