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FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.603432
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highly sensitive thyroglobulin; differentiated thyroid cancer; stimulated thyroglobulin; reclassification; dynamic risk assessment; DTC recurrence; non-stimulated thyroglobulin
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After total thyroidectomy and RAI ablation, undetectable levels of serum thyroglobulin indicate excellent responders with very low recurrence risk. Stimulated thyroglobulin is beneficial for re-classifying patients and estimating their risk for incomplete responses over a 7-year follow-up period in DTC patients with nsTg levels of 0.1-2 ng/ml.
Context Following total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation, serum thyroglobulin levels should be undetectable to assure that patients are excellent responders and at very low risk of recurrence. Objective To assess the utility of stimulated (sTg) and non-stimulated (nsTg) thyroglobulin levels in prediction of patients outcomes with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) following total thyroidectomy and RAI ablation. Method A prospective observational study conducted at a University Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer and were post total thyroidectomy and RAI ablation. Thyroglobulin levels (nsTg and sTg) were estimated 3-6 months post-RAI. Patients with nsTg Results Of 196 patients, nsTg levels were <0.1 ng/ml in 122 (62%) patients and 0.1-2.0 ng/ml in 74 (38%). Of 122 patients with nsTg <0.1 ng/ml, 120 (98%) had sTg levels <1 ng/ml, with no structural or functional disease. sTg levels >1 occurred in 26 (35%) of patients with nsTg 0.1-2.0 ng/ml, 11 (15%) had structural incomplete response. None of the patients with sTg levels Conclusion Suppressed thyroglobulin (nsTg < 0.1 ng/ml) indicates a very low risk of recurrence that does not require stimulation. Stimulated thyroglobulin is beneficial with nsTg 0.1-2 ng/ml for re-classifying patients and estimating their risk for incomplete responses over a 7 years follow-up period.
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