Abstract: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 ng/mL an… Show more
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