Open AccessSerum antithyroglobulin antibody levels are not a good predictive factor on detection of disease activity in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma
Author(s) -
Sevim Turanlı,
Husnu Hakan Mersin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_340_17
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid carcinoma , gastroenterology , thyroidectomy , disease , neck dissection , thyroglobulin , carcinoma , thyroid cancer , cancer , thyroid , oncology
Thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) are detected in thyroid cancer patients up to 25%. We investigated the prognostic value of TgAb positivity in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) after initial therapy.