Long-term follow-up using serial serum thyroglobulin determinations in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Thyroglobulin may be undetectable in the

Thyroglobulin may be undetectable in the serum of patients with metastatic disease secondary to differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma

✍ Simon Grant; Brian Luttrell; Thomas Reeve; Josephine Wiseman; Errol Wilmshurst; 📂 Article 📅 1984 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 485 KB 👁 2 views

To assess the value of serum thyroglobulin (Tg) levels in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma after ablative therapy simultaneous Tg estimations and radioiodine (I3'I) scans were performed on patients during an 18-month follow-up period. In this study, 287 scans were performed on 200 p