Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroglobulin plays a vital role in the follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) after thyroidectomy combined with radioiodine (RAI) ablation. As to preablative stimulated thyroglobulin (ps-Tg), though several studies have manifested its potential in identifying distant metastatic DTC (DM-DTC), it remains unclear whether a single ps-Tg is sufficient for predicting DM-DTC. This retrospective study was aimed to evaluate the utility of seria...

Purpose: Recently, apatinib, an orally anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) is reported to be useful for treatment of progressive RAIR-DIC. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of apatinib and the combination therapy with radioactive iodine (RAI) in patients with progressive metastatic DTC.Methods: Five patients (all female mean age 62 ± 8 years, ranged from 51 to 69 years) with progressive distant metastatic DTC (dmDTC) after t...