Thyroglobulin measurement before rhTSH-aided 131I ablation in detecting metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-663

  Giovanella, Luca ^a,b   Ceriani, Luca ^a   Suriano, Sergio ^b   Ghelfo, Antonella ^c   Maffioli, Marco ^c  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RECOMBINANT THYROTROPIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADIOSURGERY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51649084506     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03244.x     Document Type: Article

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