Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients with recurrence
| Pt | Surgery | Age at Dx, years | Way of Dx | Size, mm | RAI remnant ablation | Recurrence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| years after Dx | side | treatment | Tg after rhTSH, ng/ml | likely cured | ||||||
| 1 | Tx tot | 15 | incidental | 4 | 1,110 MBq | 4 | not founda | RAI (3,700 MBq) | 0.3 | yes |
| 2 | Tx tot | 36 | incidental | 6 | no RAI | 4 | local | RAI (2,960 MBq) | 0.5 | yes |
| 3 | Tx tot | 75 | incidental | <10 | no RAI | 5 | node mts | surgery + RAI | n.a. | yes |
| 4 | Tx tot | 55 | after FNAC | 10 | 2,960 MBq | 8 | node mts | surgery + RAI | 0.7 | yes |
| 5 | Tx tot | 76 | incidental | <10 | no RAI | 1 | local | RAI (3,700 MBq) | 0.1 | yes |
| 6b | Tx tot | 75 | incidental | 9 | 2,960 MBq 5,550 MBq | 5 | node mts PET pos. WBS neg. | surgery | 3.7 | n.a. |
Pt = Patient; Tx tot = total thyroidectomy; Dx = diagnosis; mts = metastasis; PET = 18FDG-PET; n.a. = data not available.
a
Patient 1 was treated on the basis of raised Tg levels after rhTSH stimulation (14.3 ng/ml).
b
Patient 6 had two RAI treatments.