Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine
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Multicenter Study
Rate of elimination of radioiodine-avid lymph node metastases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma by postsurgical radioiodine ablation. A bicentric study.
SPECT/CT detects radioiodine-positive cervical lymph node metastases (LNMs) of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) at the time of postsurgical radioablation (RA). Preliminary evidence indicates that the majority of LNMs are successfully treated by RA. The aim of this study was to confirm this evidence in a bicentric setting and to evaluate whether size is a predictor for successful elimination.