Like papillary cancer, follicular cancer is a well-differentiated tumour.
Follicular cancers have a poorer prognosis than papillary tumours and occur in an older age group.
They spread by the blood stream and rarely spread to the lymph nodes of the neck. The separation of the two entities is crucial and emphasizes the need for a pathologist with a special interest in endocrine pathology. This is the common mode of presentation. Copyright Mr. John A Lynn 1999. All Rights Reserved.