How long can I live after treatment for papillary thyroid cancer? It varies according to the early and late stage of the disease. Early stage patients, especially the early stage of papillary thyroid cancer, are very common. According to our statistics, the survival rate can reach 95%-98% in 10 years and about 80% in 20 years. Therefore, for some patients who are detected early and receive standardized treatment, they should have a very long survival time. Only a very small number of very advanced patients will have some conditions, such as living more than 10 years, and only about 5% of these patients are late and have lung and bone metastases. Therefore, there is no need to worry about this part of patients who have thyroid cancer. Generally speaking, this disease will not kill you.