Referral Practice for Radioactive Iodine Ablation (RAI) after ATA guidelines 2015: results from a Tertiary Cancer Care Centre.
Harsh DharShivakumar ThiagarajanAamir YousufSupreet Singh NayyarDevendra ChaukarPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2020)
Majority of low risk patients continue to receive RAI ablation due to persistent belief emanating from literature that remnant ablation improves outcomes and aids in follow up. The issue of RAI ablation for low risk group and prognostic implications of microscopic ETE and limited nodal disease need to be revisited.
Keyphrases
- radiofrequency ablation
- primary care
- end stage renal disease
- catheter ablation
- systematic review
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- lymph node
- computed tomography
- adipose tissue
- radiation therapy
- magnetic resonance
- quality improvement
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- clinical practice
- rectal cancer