Three years ago, Wang Yizhuo, a researcher at a Beijing university, was diagnosed with cancer. But “luckily” for him, it was thyroid cancer, which develops in the cells of the gland located at the base of the neck just below the Adam’s apple and is sometimes referred to as the “happy cancer.”
It got its nickname because it appears to be less malignant than other types of cancer. If treated in time, the five-year survival rate for most thyroid cancer patients is over 90 percent.
Wang hit rock bottom after receiving the diagnosis, but before long, he picked himself up and received treatment, including surgery, which
