… To our knowledge, this is the first prospective study using a sensitive Tg method that includes
only patients who had no focus of uptake detected outside the thyroid bed on the 131 I-TBS…

… for thyroid carcinoma (ie, surgery, radioiodine [for papillary and follicular carcinomas], and
thyroid … classifications have been proposed for thyroid carcinoma. Each is characterized by …

… However, most of these studies were designed retrospectively; therefore they have some
limitations. In this respect, our prospective study is believed to contribute to identification of the …

… for conducting both a further prospective multicenter study and a meta-analysis of prospective
studies. Unless proven otherwise by a further prospective study, we believe that it may be …

… not all, retrospective studies (4,6,7,9,10,12–14). In our prospective study, patients with
thyroid nodules associated with HT and euthyroid controls with thyroid nodules without HT were …

… small papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) limited to the thyroid … standard protocol for differentiated
thyroid carcinoma in the last … of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma treated by …

… We think that a prospective long-term follow-up in this study population is necessary for
further evaluation of the prognostic implication of preoperative BRAF mutation on FNAB and …

… This study was a prospective study design and was approved by our hospital ethics
committee. Prior to the MW ablation we obtained informed consent from each patient, and we …

… papillary thyroid carcinoma. A statistical approach was used to design a randomized prospective
trial … A complication comparison trial is prohibitive owing to the large population required…

… inversely related to thyroid cancer.4, 5 … thyroid cancer are limited, we undertook a prospective
investigation of these issues in a large cohort including 352 incident cases of thyroid cancer…