Adjuvant Radioactive Therapy after Reoperation for Locoregionally Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Patients Who Initially Underwent Total Thyroidectomy and High-Dose Remnant Ablation
Author(s) -
Ji Hye Yim,
Won Bae Kim,
Eui Young Kim,
Won Gu Kim,
Tae Yong Kim,
JinSook Ryu,
Dae Hyuk Moon,
TaeYon Sung,
Jong Ho Yoon,
Seong Chul Kim,
Suck Joon Hong,
Young Kee Shong
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2011-1270
Subject(s) - medicine , radioactive iodine , context (archaeology) , thyroglobulin , papillary thyroid cancer , thyroid cancer , thyroidectomy , adjuvant , ablation , radioiodine therapy , thyroid , total thyroidectomy , surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
Some patients have elevated stimulated thyroglobulin (sTg) concentrations after reoperation for locoregionally recurrent/persistent papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Little is known, however, about the efficacy of adjuvant radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy in these patients.
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