Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust: Types of Thyroid Cancer

The most common Thyroid Cancers are known as “differentiated”, these are papillary and follicular cancers. Follicular cancer may include a variant called Hurthle cell.

These types of Thyroid Cancers are usually treated with surgery and Radioactive Iodine treatment (RAI).

Other, less common types of Thyroid Cancers are Medullary, Anaplastic and Lymphoma. These have a different treatment protocol. Support for Medullary Thyroid Cancer (M.E.N. 1 and 2) is available from A.M.E.N.D.