Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust is the first national supporter of patients with Thyroid Cancer.
As a group dedicated solely to the support of patients with Thyroid Cancer we can offer fellow thyroid cancer patients who wish to join us the following:
Welcome to Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust
- Use of the dedicated helpline to speak to someone who has had the disease.
- E-mail and telephone contact with group members to share experiences
- A "buddy" to help you through the stages of surgery, Radioiodine treatment and follow up
- Access to reliable up-to-date written information about the disease
- Access to a group member in clinic at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC), Freeman Hospital
We are available on this number on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 4 pm. Outside these times, please leave a message on our answer phone and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Your Treatment Journey
Thyroid Cancer has an 80-90% cure rate. Find out about the steps you might take in your journey towards recovery.
About Thyroid Cancer
Learn about the different types of Thyroid Cancer, and which types of treatments are available to patients.
I131 Treatment
Useful information regarding Radioiodine (I131) treatment.
Thyroid Cancer Forum 2016
Butterfly hosted the first ever UK Patient/Doctor Thyroid Cancer Forum on 5th December 2016 in London.
Click one of the links below to watch a video of the event.
Thyroid Cancer Patient Information DVD
Do you have progressed or advanced thyroid cancer? Watch the trailer for ‘ Christine’s Story - living with advanced thyroid cancer
Watch our film “ The Butterfly Effect” to learn how Butterfly began
Latest News
New data protection rules are coming into force 25th May 2018. We will be contacting all of our members to ask them to ‘opt back in’ by sending us an email to say that they would like to remain a member of BTCT and that they understand that we hold their details on file via […]
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Project RAI re vamp is well underway with more than 15 RAI units across the UK having benefited from a refurb courtesy of BTCT. Patients are delighted to be able to have their RAI treatment in a room that is warm and welcoming . Take a look at what we are doing : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=314aLfJAwTU&feature=youtu.be Does […]
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See Dr Tom Milner’s presentation of our RAI Patient Survey at the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer 2017 – click here.
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Devon and Exeter hospital are delighted with their new RAI room
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