TABLE 1

Tumor Characteristics, Serum Tg Concentrations, and 131I WBS in 33 DTC Patients Before Study

Group*Patient no.HistologyTNM classification131I dose (kBq)131I WBS uptakeBaseline Tg on THST§
A1P/iT4N0M03.7 (100)T0.9
2PT3N0M03.7 (100)T<0.9
3PT4N1M13.7 (100)M, L1.5
4PT4N1M03.7 (100)T1.2
5PT4N0M03.7 (100)T<0.9
6P/fT4N1M13.7 (100)L<0.9
7P/iT2N0M13.7 (100)T, L<0.9
8PT4N0M03.7 (100)T<0.9
9P/fT2N0M00.18 (5)T<0.9
10PT1N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
11PT1N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
12PT2N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
13PT3N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
14PT1N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
15PT1N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
16PT1N0M00.18 (5)T<0.9
17PT1N0M00.18 (5)T<0.9
18PT4N1M00.18 (5)0<0.9
19PT2N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
20PT3N0M00.18 (5)T<0.9
21PT2N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
22PT3N1M00.18 (5)0<0.9
23PT2N1M00.18 (5)T<0.9
24PT1N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
25P/iT3N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
26PT2N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
27PT2N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
28P/fT2N0M00.18 (5)0<0.9
29PT1N0M00.18 (5)T<0.9
B30PT4N1M17.4 (200)T, L17
31PT4N1M17.4 (200)T, M, L12
32P/fT2N1M17.4 (200)L5.3
33FT4N0M17.4 (200)B35
  • *Group A = patients with Tg of <2 ng/mL on THST; group B = patients with Tg of >2 ng/mL on THST.

  • TNM classification from (28).

  • 131I (kBq; mCi in parentheses) administered 72–96 h before WBS.

  • §Serum Tg concentrations measured 6–24 mo after diagnostic or therapeutic 131I WBS.

  • Posttherapy WBS performed 6–12 mo before study.

  • Diagnostic WBS performed 6–24 mo before study.

  • 131I WBS = whole-body scanning; P/i = insular variant of papillary carcinoma; T = thyroid bed uptake; P = papillary carcinoma; M = mediastinal uptake; L = lung uptake; P/f = follicular variant of papillary carcinoma; 0 = no uptake; F = follicular carcinoma; B = bone uptake.