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After a diagnosis of thyroid cancer, you will likely have other tests to help your healthcare providers learn more about your cancer. The test results help your healthcare providers decide the best ways to treat the cancer.

The stage of a cancer is how much and how far the cancer has spread in your body. Your healthcare provider uses exams and tests to find out the size of the cancer, where it is, and whether it has spread. The stage of a cancer is one of the most important things to know when deciding how to treat the cancer.

Read on for details about the treatment choices for thyroid cancer.

Surgery is often the first and main treatment for most all thyroid cancers. The tissue removed will help determine the cancer's type and stage and whether you need more treatment.

Radioactive iodine therapy uses a form of iodine that sends out radiation to treat thyroid cancer. The goal of this treatment is to target and kill any remaining thyroid cells or thyroid cancer cells anywhere in your body.

Hormone therapy uses pills to give your body the hormones that were made by the thyroid gland before cancer treatment. Read on to learn more.

In radiation therapy, strong, high-energy rays kill cancer cells or slow their growth. In external radiation therapy, the radiation is aimed at the cancer from a source outside the body. For thyroid cancer, radiation is aimed at the thryoid. Read on to learn more.

Read on for a detailed look at how chemotherapy is used to treat thyroid cancer.

Oral cancer is cancer that starts in the mouth or throat. Oral cancer is fairly common and very curable if found and treated at an early stage. A healthcare provider or dentist often finds oral cancer in its early stages because the mouth can be easily examined.