Role of PET/CT in detection of post-Thyroidectomy recurrence in differentiated cancer thyroid patients with negative radio-isotope iodine scan & elevated serum thyroglobulin level
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Pathological evaluation of differentiated thyroid cancer in patients with positive serum thyroglobulin and negative iodine scan.
OBJECTIVE There is no investigation that emphasizes the pathology of DTC (differentiated thyroid cancer) patients with positive Tg and negative iodine scan. The present study was performed to assess the pathology of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective study, the records of 500 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer between June 2005 and November 2011 were assessed...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa068.010