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ea0035p1141 | Thyroid Cancer | ECE2014

The usefulness of thyroid function tests for the estimation of individual sensitivity to levothyroxine therapy in patients with thyroid cancer

Tatiana Mityukova , Natallia Akulevich , Tatiana Leonova , Tamara Platonova , Svetlana Mankovskaya

Introduction: The long-term follow-up of the patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) includes the monitoring of suppressive levothyroxine therapy. Our study evaluated the peculiarities of thyroid status in WDTC patients on the doses of levothyroxine leading to TSH suppression (lower than 0.5 mI/l).Study design: We have studied 114 patients with WDTC, 24 men and 90 women. The follow-up was a least 10 years after thyroid surgery, mean age a...