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Can ultrasensitive thyroglobulin immunoassays avoid the need for ultrasound in thyroid cancer follow-up?

Simona CensiAntonio De RosaFrancesca GaluppiniJacopo MansoLoris BertazzaIsabella Merante-BoschinMario PlebaniDiego FaggianGianmaria PennelliSusi BarolloFederica VianelloMaurizio IacoboneCaterina Mian
Published in: Endocrine (2021)
Serum highly sensitive Tg is undetectable in a proportion of patients with a proven persistent or recurrent DTC. The reasons behind this phenomenon are still unknown. However, in low/intermediate-risk patients cured at one-year follow-up, highly sensitive Tg without neck US seems an appropriate strategy for patients' management.
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