Variations in Radioiodine Therapy in Europe: Decision-Making after Total Thyroidectomy.

ABSTRACT: The role of radioiodine therapy (RIT) (used as ablation therapy or adjuvant therapy) following total thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) changed. Major revisions of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) Guidelines in 2015 resulted in significant differences in treatment recommendations in comparison to the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) 2008 guidelines. Recently, we presented the effects on daily practice for RIT among Swiss Nuclear Medicine centres. We now performed a study at the European level and hypothesized that there is also considerable variability among European experts. We performed a decision-tree-based analysis of management strategies from all members of the EANM thyroid committee to map current practice among experts. We collected data on w

SUBMITTER: Forrer F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8985029 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature