Symptoms of thyroid cancer with bone metastases

Bone metastasis of thyroid cancer is a specific clinical manifestation of advanced thyroid cancer. The symptoms of patients with bone metastasis include pain, swelling, deformity, dysfunction, etc., and specific changes in thyroid hormone levels in the blood. Generally, after bone metastasis of thyroid cancer occurs, the metastatic focus is equally effective for radiation therapy and iodine 131 for thyroid treatment. In addition to orthopedic surgery, local radiation and iodine-131 are also good treatments for bone metastases from thyroid cancer. After radiation therapy, small lesions can be cured without surgical intervention. Large metastatic lesions can also be treated with surgical intervention and local radiation therapy to reduce pain and prolong survival.