Follicular Carcinoma with Vascular Invasion

Hello

It's natural to be concerned about the details, but can I please ask you not to get bogged down in how many foci etc. The treatment will be pretty much the same regardless and your wife's medical team are the people best placed to tell you what the risk is for her particular case.

My lump was a lot bigger than your wife's - 7cm or more - and it was minimally invasive on both capsular and vascular. 11 years after diagnosis, everything went smoothly.and I've had no problems since my thyroid was removed and the RAI was completed.

The Multi Disciplinary Team (if you're in the UK, that's what it's called - if elsewhere, I'd expect something similar) will assess your wife's case and make decisions on what happens next, and how they see the risk factors. In Thyroid cancer, in the UK, we're not much hung up on staging - mostly because thyroid cancer is pretty rare (so the statistics aren't so robust) and because treatment is very similar regardless of stage. 

You say 'follicular has a tendency to spread'. That's potentially misleading. The different in risk between the more common papillary and the follicular variants is not so different. When they do spread, they tend to spread to different places, but you shouldn't be worrying that follicular is intrinsically significantly more dangerous.

Please, pick up your detailed questions with the doctors.

Thanks Barbara. much Appreciated. Yes, I live in the UK. We are waiting for the second biopsy report (from TT). appointment with the ENT consultant scheduled on 14th Dec. let see what’s waiting for us. Thanks again.