Papillary thyroid carcinoma

• Facts:
  Most common thyroid cancer (75-80%)
  Slow growing, spreads by lymphatics
• Treatment:
  Surgery (small tumor)
  Radiation therapy (large tumor)
• Pneumonic:
  "Most P opular is P apillary"
  
  P apillae (branching)
  P alpable lymph nodes
  “P upil” nuclei (“Orphan Annie” nuclei)
  P sammama bodies within lesion (often)
  P ositive P rognosis
• Associated With:
  Radiation exposure