Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: This retrospective study is intended to determine the dose of radioactive iodine using thyroglobulin levels measured after two weeks of thyroid hormone withdrawal in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Methods : Patients who were diagnosed as differentiated thyroid cancer and treated with radioiodine after total thyroidectomy were enrolled. Serum thyroglobulin test (preTG; ng/dl) was performed 1 week before radioiodine treatment and 2 w...

Purpose: This retrospective study is evaluated the efficacy of three doses of I-131 (1110 MBq vs 3700 MBq vs 5550 MBq) in differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients with cut-off serum thyroglobulin (TG) level after two weeks of thyroid hormone withdrawal for postoperative thyroid remnant ablation.Methods: A total of 97 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer treated with total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy...