Prognostic Value of Stimulated Thyroglobulin Levels at the Time of Radioiodine Administration in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The prognostic value of stimulated thyroglobulin (sTg) and Tg-related parameters prior to and immediately after radioactive iodine (RAI) administration was assessed in a cohort of patients presenting with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) as a predictor of recurrent or progressive structural disease.

Methods

Clinical records of 180 DTC patients were retrospectively reviewed, and serum TSH, Tg, and Tg antibodies were recorded just before RAI administration (pre-) and at the time of whole body scanning (post-). Based on the results of initial staging and RAI scintigraphy, patients were divided into two groups: those who were considered to be structurally disease-free after thyroidectomy and RAI (group 1) and those who were not (group 2). Univariate analyses were pe

SUBMITTER: Spaas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6140596 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature