Open AccessCan the American Thyroid Association Risk of Recurrence Predict Radioiodine Refractory Disease in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer?
Author(s) -
Aamna Hassan,
Saira Riaz,
Humayun Bashir,
M. Nawaz,
Raza Hussain
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000448920
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , nuclear medicine , thyroglobulin , thyroid , papillary thyroid cancer , refractory (planetary science) , retrospective cohort study , predictive value , physics , astrobiology
The aim of this study was to compare the TNM staging system and the American Thyroid Association (ATA) recurrence risk classification in predicting radioiodine refractory disease (RRD) in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and to analyze the correlation of stimulated thyroglobulin (Tg) levels and rate of Tg elevation with the standardized uptake value on 18 F-fludeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT scan.