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I read everyone's comments and am a little comforted that you all are ok now. I have a huge thyroid tumor 4.5cm. I'm only 25 and have a long history of cancer in my family. My biopsy came back benign with atypical cells. I need to get another biopsy this month. Is it common for a benign tumor to turn cancerous? To make matters worse I'm in South Korea teaching English and a little worried to go under the knife here. Does anyone know the cost of the surgery generally? I think I need to get back to Canada asap and have this dealt with. :(


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Thanks for your advice both of you. I'm planning on heading home in a couple of months. Do you think it's too risky to wait that long?
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158939 tn?1274915197
Love you too Stella!  ;-)
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393685 tn?1425812522
Utah - I love you!!!! :)

You';re the best!

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158939 tn?1274915197
Don't let the "atypical cells" be ignored.  My daughter and one of my sisters had "atypical cells" which were determined to be precancerous . . . the other four of us had full-blown cancer.

Here is an article from Thyroid.org that stresses that some forms of thyroid cancer cannot be determined from an FNA (follicular, Hurthle, etc.) but the presence of atypical cells is an indicator of a higher risk for cancer:  http://www.thyroid.org/patients/notes/march07/07_03_13.html

Thyroid cancer (if it is that) is very slow growing so you have time to make decisions.

With your family history and the size of your nodule, please follow up with a doctor in Canada when you can.

My best to you.

Utahmomma
papillary carcinoma '03, second surgery '04, recurrence and RAI '06
three sisters with papillary carcinoma (one with three recurrences)
another sister and daughter with precancerous nodules
*****ALL SURVIVING!!!******  :-)  :-)  :-)
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393685 tn?1425812522
It sounds like you may not know where to get the best treatment for your concerns.

Can a benign tumore turn cancerous? with thyroid cancer in many cases - with an FNA they actually miss cancer because of the smallness of the cell and call it benign at first.

You have a large nodule and it really should be taken care of. The only way to really know if it is cancer - especially with the size of yours is possible a surgery and have a cell slide of the tissue so every part of it is looked at for cancer cells.

I don't know much about treatment there. - but you should find excellent sources in Canada where you are from.

Do you have a doctor there in Canada looking at this already?
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