Open AccessRole of Preablative Stimulated Thyroglobulin in Prediction of Nodal and Distant Metastasis on Iodine Whole-Body Scan
Author(s) -
Meghana Prabhu,
Sanju Samson,
Avinash Reddy,
Sunil Hejaji Venkataramanarao,
Naveen Hedne Chandrasekhar,
Vijay Pillai,
Vivek Shetty,
Moni Abraham Koriokose,
Bushan Vaidhya,
Subramanian Kannan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_130_17
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroglobulin , thyroid cancer , papillary thyroid cancer , thyroid , thyroidectomy , metastasis , cohort , gastroenterology , retrospective cohort study , iodine , nuclear medicine , cancer , materials science , metallurgy
Preablative stimulated thyroglobulin (ps-Tg) is an important investigation in the follow-up of patients with Differentiated thyroid cancer(DTC) after surgery. Levels of ps-Tg >2-10 ng/ml have been suggested to predict metastasis to cervical and extracervical sites. There is still debate on the need for routine iodine whole-body scan ( 131 I WBS) in the management of low-to-intermediate-risk DTC patients.