Undifferentiated thyroid cancer (ATC) is the most aggressive type of thyroid cancer, with a clinical stage of only stage IV.
People with ATC and their families often have the thought, “If only it had been diagnosed earlier, it might be fine now.”
However, ATC is very difficult to detect early. Here’s why:
- Tumors grow very rapidly, with a short time lapse between the onset of ATC and the appearance of clinical symptoms.
- Patients can feel hoarseness or neck swelling, etc., which are already advanced symptoms.
- It is so rare that some physicians may not even see it, sometimes resulting in failure to recognize it earlier.
This article is from http://www.thyca.org网站, compiled by the Tencent Medical Dictionary medical team, and is used with permission.