Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: In clinical practice guidelines for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) it has been proposed to perform thyroglobulin (Tg) stimulated by rTSH determination 6–12 months after initial therapy in patients with low or intermediate risk, in order to establish the absence of disease. The use of ultrasensitive Tg assays could avoid the need of stimulation to establish the absence of disease.Objectives: To evaluate the usefulness of the determ...