Effectiveness of routine ultrasonographic surveillance of patients with low-risk papillary carcinoma of the thyroid.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last 15 years, there has been a change in clinical practice for the detection of recurrence in all patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). In the past, recurrence was detected by clinical examination supplemented with fine-needle aspiration cytology; however, routine neck ultrasonography (US) and measurements of serum thyroglobulin were introduced for follow-up in 2000 and are now used widely for recurrence surveillance. The aim of this study was to describe the effectiveness of this changing trend in the use of routine surveillance ultrasonography for the detection of recurrence in low-risk PTC at a single institution.

Methods

Patients undergoing total thyroidectomy for PTC between January 2000 and December 2010 were identified from an institutiona

SUBMITTER: Wang LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4991630 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature