Anti-thyroglobulin antibodies do not significantly increase the risk of finding iodine avid metastases on post-radioactive iodine ablation scan in low-risk thyroid cancer patients

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
Fadi NabhanMatthew D Ringel

Abstract

Post-operative thyroglobulin (Tg) levels can predict the likelihood of residual cancer, including distant metastases, thereby influencing postsurgical treatment strategies even in patients with low-risk disease. Circulating anti-thyroglobulin antibodies (anti-Tg Abs) interfere with Tg measurement preventing this clinical use. It is not known if the presence of anti-Tg Abs predicts metastatic disease on post-therapy scan in patients with low-risk disease or if they should influence the use or dose of I-131 therapy. In the present study, we compare post-therapy scans in low-risk patients with and without anti-Tg Abs. This is a single-institution retrospective study. The study population (Group A) included all patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) who underwent total thyroidectomy and RAI between 1/1/2006 to 9/11/2015 with intrathyroidal T1-T2, Nx, N0 or N1a (≤5 nodes all measuring, when reported, <2 mm) that had anti-thyroglobulin antibodies. Patients were excluded if they had known distant metastases and/or extensive vascular invasion. A second group of patients (Group B) treated during the same period but without anti-Tg antibodies was selected to match group A by propensity core matching with a logistic re...Continue Reading

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