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ea0063gp90 | Thyroid Nodules and Cancer | ECE2019

Treatment modalities in DTC patients with neck disease persistence. Second surgical intervention is more beneficial than only radioiodine (RAI) treatment

Saltiki Katerina , Simeakis George , Konstantakatou Panagiota , Sapounas Spyros , Alevizaki Maria

Objectives: DTC has a favorable clinical course. A small percentage of patients undergoing surgery and RAI ablation may have local disease persistence and further therapeutic interventions may be needed such as further RAI administration following or not a second surgery. We investigated whether additional therapeutic interventions may be beneficial for the clinical course in DTC patients with disease persistence.Methods: 812 DTC patients (men 25.7%, age...