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Clinical use of PET/CT in thyroid cancer diagnosis and management

Author(s) -

FX Sundram

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

biomedical imaging and intervention journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1823-5530

DOI - 10.2349/biij.2.4.e56

Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , thyroglobulin , radiology , papillary thyroid cancer , incidence (geometry) , thyroid , cancer , radioactive iodine , whole body imaging , nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography , physics , optics

The incidence of thyroid cancer is low, but when it occurs, it is mainly of the papillary histopathological type. Although PET/CT has a limited role in the diagnosis, it plays a significant role in the overall post-surgery management of a patient with thyroid cancer. This follow-up role is important, especially in patients with elevated serum thyroglobulin, but negative radioiodine whole body scans. There is increasing evidence that PET/CT should be a part of routine care in the Tg positive Radioiodine scan negative patient.

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