Prognosis -- Survivor Rates

Papillary carcinoma survivor rate

10 Year survivor rate: 93% ¹

20 Year survivor rate: 90% ⁰

Recurrence rate: 10%-35% ^0,1

(2/3 of recurrences occur within 10 years after initial diagnosis)  

Follicular carcinoma survivor rate*

10 year: 70-85% ^1,2

Reoccurrence rate: 30% ^0,1

(2/3 of recurrences occur within 10 years after initial diagnosis)  

Medullary carcinoma survivor rate

10 year: 60-75% ^1,2

10 year: 45-50% ² (cervical nodes involved)  

Anaplastic carcinoma survivor rate*

2 year: 12% ¹

10 year: 14% ²

* The statistics vary in the literature.