Parathyroid Cancer
Head and Neck Program
Metastatic Parathyroid Cancer
Parathyroidcancer which has spread beyond nearby tissues to areas such as the lungs may appear soon after surgery, or as much as 20 years later. Because parathyroid cancer tends to be slow-growing, some patients live for many years even after the cancer has spread.
Treatment may be one of the following:
Surgery to remove the
cancer from the places where it has spread.
Medicine to reduce the amount of calcium in the blood.
Surgery followed by radiation therapy.
Radiation therapy.
Chemotherapy.