Evaluation of Discordance in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Patients with Negative Radioiodine Scans and Positive Thyroglobulin Values at the Ablation Outcome Control

Ozkan Z. G., Adalet I., Turkmen C., Issever H., Erbil Y., Boztepe H., ...Daha Fazla

BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.29, sa.1, ss.43-48, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2011.004
  • Dergi Adı: BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.43-48
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Differentiated thyroid carcinoma, radioiodine ablation, I-131 whole body scan, lymph node metastases, LYMPH-NODE INVOLVEMENT, NECK DISSECTION, CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, IMPACT, CONTROVERSIES, METASTASIS, RECURRENCE, AGE
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the discordance of 5 mCi (185 MBq) I-131 whole body scan (WBS) and thyroglobulin (Tg) values at the ablation outcome control in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients who had thyroidectomy and then received radioiodine (RAI) ablation.