Do you need to take medicine for thyroid cancer halved section?

Thyroid cancer is a common malignant tumor of the thyroid gland, thyroid cancer half resection does not need to take medicine, it may be that the patient is older, or the tumor is relatively large, or it may have distant metastasis, such as lung metastasis, liver metastasis, etc.Surgery alone is usually not the answer, so it is recommended to take medicine. If metastases occur after surgery and the patient is also eligible for surgery, they can also be treated with watchful waiting without medication.

1. Older age: If the patient is older, such as 80-90 years old, and has no obvious underlying diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, etc., thyroid cancer hemisection can be observed without taking medicine. If there are other clinical symptoms of thyroid cancer, such as neck mass, hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, etc., surgery is also required in time;

2. The tumor is relatively large: if the tumor is relatively large and compresses the trachea and esophagus, and the patient has symptoms such as dyspnea, timely surgery is also required;

3. Distant metastasis: If the patient's tumor has lung metastasis, liver metastasis, etc., and metastasis of other organs, surgery is also required in time. If you don't take medication, it may further aggravate the condition, affect the patient's quality of life, and in severe cases, it can be life-threatening. Therefore, in this case, it is also necessary to take medicine in time, and targeted drugs such as sorafenib tosylate tablets can be used for treatment according to the doctor's instructions;

4. If the patient does not meet the indications for surgery, such as the patient has no contraindications to surgery, although the tumor is large, but there is no distant metastasis, it can also be treated without taking drugs.

Therefore, the case of thyroid cancer hemisection without taking medicine needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. For patients with large tumors, routine thyroxine suppression therapy is required after surgery. For older patients, if they have underlying diseases such as hypertension, they also need to take appropriate antihypertensive drugs for treatment.