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I was diagnosed with Papillary thyroid carcinoma and successfully cured after RAI Therapy entire Thyroid tissue is destroyed. My pathology report says BRAF V600 POSITIVE, my question is once free from cancer what are the chances of having a secondary cancer?
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If your stage of papillary ca thyroid is early 1-3, then risk same person not having braf mutation but if in stage 4 then it suggests it has more 4-5x more chances of coming back versus no braf mutation.
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If it was fully removed there is no chance .You have to look for metastasis
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