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The role of neck ultrasound in the follow-up of low- and intermediate- risk papillary thyroid cancer

2022; Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Linguagem: Inglês

10.20945/2359-3997000000485

2359-4292

Sara Lopes, David Nuno Dias Silva Ferreira, Vera Fernandes, Helena Manuela da Costa Cardoso Marques, Ricardo Fernando da Silva Santos Pereira, Ana Margarida Monteiro,

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Objective: The optimal time for a neck ultrasound (US) in the follow-up of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) after the first year is undetermined. We aimed to verify the utility of routine neck US in the surveillance of patients diagnosed with low- and intermediate-risk PTC with no evidence of disease at the one-year assessment. Materials and methods: We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study of patients with low- and intermediate-risk PTC with normal neck US, unstimulated serum thyroglobulin (Tg) < 1 [...]