SERIAL SERUM THYROGLOBULIN MEASUREMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA

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Summary

Serum Tg appears to be a sensitive and specific means of detecting residual, recurrent or metastatic thyroid cancer and in most situations can replace routine, expensive and inconvenient radioactive thyroid scans; these should be performed when serum Tg values are elevated or when there is clinical evidence suggesting recurrence.

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1985-12-01
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Medicine, Thyroglobulin, Radioimmunoassay, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid carcinoma

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