Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Guidelines suggest that serum basal (nonstimulated) thyroblobulin (bTg) with sensitive assays (Functional Sensitivity-FS- below 0.1 or 0.2 ng/ml) could substitute the measurement of serum Tg levels after TSH stimulation during the follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) when basal results fall below the FS.Objective: A sensitive assay for Tg was incorporate in our center (Chemiluminiscent Tg Access; Beckam Coulter; Br...