Endocrine Abstracts

Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is common in female patients of reproductive age and generally has a good prognosis and so many patients may become pregnant following treatment. Progression of DTC during pregnancy has been reported and may relate to thyroid stimulation by human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Until recently suppression of thyrotropin (TSH) by supraphysiological doses of levothyroxine was indicated for all patients following thyroidectomy and radioiodine abla...