Thyroid Cancer Types and Characteristics

This quiz tests your knowledge of different types of thyroid cancer, including papillary and follicular cancer, and their characteristics, such as metastasis and growth patterns. Learn about the differences between these types of cancer and how they affect the body. Improve your understanding of thyroid cancer with this quiz.

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Questions and Answers

What type of cancer is Hurthle cell carcinoma?

Follicular cancer

Which type of cancer has a higher incidence of nodal metastasis?

Papillary cancer

What is true about lymph node metastasis in follicular and papillary cancer?

Lymph node metastasis is more common in follicular cancer

Which type of cancer is more likely to have distant metastasis?

<p>Follicular cancer</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of papillary carcinoma?

<p>It is usually non-encapsulated and slow-growing</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Thyroid Cancer

Lymph node metastasis is more common in papillary cancer than in follicular cancer.
Papillary cancer is associated with an increased incidence of nodal metastasis.
Distant metastasis is more common in follicular carcinoma.
Hurthle cell carcinoma is a type of follicular cancer.
Papillary carcinoma is usually non-encapsulated and slow-growing.