The role of estimation of the ratio of preoperative serum thyroglobulin to the thyroid mass in predicting the behaviour of well differentiated thyroid cancers.

The role of estimation of the ratio of preoperative serum thyroglobulin to the thyroid mass in predicting the behaviour of well differentiated thyroid cancers.

Although serum thyroglobulin (STg) is a useful tumour marker to detect the recurrence of tumour in well differentiated thyroid carcinoma, it has as yet not been reported to be of value in predicting the behaviour of thyroid cancer. In the present study of 20 patients, the measurement of preoperative...

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Main Authors: Sharma A, Sarda A, Chattopadhyay T, Kapur M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1996-04-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma
Follicular
blood
surgery
Carcinoma
Papillary
Follow-Up Studies
Human
Preoperative Care
Reproducibility of Results
Thyroglobulin
Thyroid Neoplasms
Tumor Markers
Biological
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