Thyroglobulin in the Washout Fluid of Lymph-Node Biopsy: What Is Its Role in the Follow-Up of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma?

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Authors

Maria Roseneide dos Santos Torres · Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Sebastião Horácio Nóbrega Neto · Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Rosalina Jenner Rosas · Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Aline Lemos Barros Martins · Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

André Luis Correia Ramos · Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

Thomaz Cruz · Universidade Federal da Bahia

Abstract

FNAB-Tg improves the diagnostic performance of FNAB-C in LN metastases, even when the latter is unable to diagnose the metastases. For that reason, FNAB-Tg should be included in the monitoring of DTC.

Topics & Keywords

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Head and Neck Anomalies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Thyroid

Volume 24, Issue 1, pp. 7-18

DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0244

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