Is empiric 131I therapy justified for patients with positive thyroglobulin and negative 131I whole-body scanning results?

C Ma, J Xie, A Kuang - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
The long-term monitoring of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is essential
throughout the patient's life after total or nearly total thyroidectomy followed by 131I remnant …

Possible explanations for patients with discordant findings of serum thyroglobulin and 131I whole-body scanning

C Ma, A Kuang, J Xie, T Ma - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
The long-term monitoring of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is essential
throughout the patient's life after total or near-total thyroidectomy followed by 131I remnant …

Evaluation of 131I scintigraphy and stimulated thyroglobulin levels in the follow up of patients with DTC: a retrospective analysis of 1420 patients

JM Gonzalez Carvalho, D Görlich, O Schober… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Aim To study the clinical yield of diagnostic whole body 131 I scintigraphy (DxWBS) in the
follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) patients in relation to stimulated …

Outcome in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer with negative diagnostic whole-body scanning and detectable stimulated thyroglobulin

KM Van Tol, PL Jager, EG De Vries… - European journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Background Management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma with negative
diagnostic radioiodide scanning and increased serum thyroglobulin (Tg) concentrations is a …

Diagnostic 131I whole-body scintigraphy 1 year after thyroablative therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: correlation of results to the individual risk …

F Berger, U Friedrich, P Knesewitsch… - European journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose 131 I whole-body scan (WBS) and serum thyroglobulin (TG) are important in
detecting thyroid remnants or recurrent disease in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer …

Are there disadvantages in administering 131I ablation therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma without a preablative diagnostic 131I whole‐body …

M Salvatori, G Perotti, V Rufini… - Clinical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Summary objective To evaluate the risk of performing inappropriate 131I ablative therapies
for thyroid carcinoma in patients lacking thyroid remnants or metastases, using a strategy of …

Effects of therapeutic doses of 131I in thyroid papillary carcinoma patients with elevated thyroglobulin level and negative 131I whole‐body scan: comparative study

JM Koh, ES Kim, JS Ryu, SJ Hong, WB Kim… - Clinical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Summary objective Previous studies have shown a high rate of visualization of uptake and a
decrease in serum thyroglobulin (Tg) after therapeutic doses of 131I in well‐differentiated …

Management of differentiated thyroid cancer with rising thyroglobulin and negative diagnostic radioiodine whole body scan

M Chao - Clinical Oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) with rising thyroglobulin (Tg) level
and negative radioiodine whole body scan results has been observed in follow-up studies …

Outcome of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer with Detectable Serum Tg and Negative Diagnostic 131I Whole Body Scan: Comparison of Patients Treated with High 131I Activities …

F Pacini, L Agate, R Elisei, M Capezzone… - The Journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Detectable serum Tg levels associated with negative diagnostic 131I whole body scan are
not infrequently found in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Several researchers …

Treating the patient with differentiated thyroid cancer with thyroglobulin-positive iodine-131 diagnostic scan-negative metastases: including comments on the role of …

V Fatourechi, ID Hay - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2000 - Elsevier
Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients, especially the 10% to 15% at high risk of cancer-
related death, should have long-term monitoring for detection of recurrence or metastasis …