… the diagnostic scan, a decision tree was implemented rather … necessary to best populate the
decision tree used in this study, … Furthermore, more randomized controlled trials are needed …

… , thyroid cancer will be the second leading cancer diagnosis … fact that a pretherapy scan
was not performed. Other imaging … for differentiated thyroid carcinoma using radioactive iodine …

… study showed statistically significant benefits of 131I ‘ablation… RAI scans (PT-RAIS) and
authors had to exclude this patient … specificity of our pre-therapy diagnostic evaluation with 131I …

… sites require treatment (diagnostic scan) and confirm that … concept was performed on thyroid
cancer patients with RAI in … to only decide whether the patient needs RAI ablation or not. The …

… Furthermore, a pre-ablation scan may cause patient … of RAI as the following: RAI remnant
ablation, RAI adjuvant therapy, … indications of diagnostic RAI imaging after remnant ablation or …

… in published studies that included RAI ablation after total … I scan, or at least a high-quality
diagnostic radio-iodine scan to … it would be possible to perform diagnostic pre-ablation 123 I or …

… mL were obtained at a diagnostic scan performed 148–560 days … the groups using rhTSH
and THW as the pretreatment … low ablation success rate in our study, it is likely that a low RAI …

… Association’s guideline for the management of thyroid cancer suggests “A pre-ablation scan
… a decision to perform postoperative RAI therapy needs to be taken, a diagnostic scan is not …

… thyroid cancer involves using pre-ablation diagnostic scans (… , postoperative diagnostic
radioiodine (RAI) scintigraphy … pre-therapy prediction can be used to determine the activity …

… 131 I activity should be greater than that for remnant ablation. … ability to take up radioactive
iodine (RAI) that is commonly … It is avoided if a diagnostic scan is performed by using 123 I …