The diagnostic performance of neck ultrasound in follow-up of advanced stage differentiated thyroid cancer
Serial Tg has better sensitivity and specificity than US for detecting recurrence of advanced stage DTC. Furthermore, re-interpretation of abnormal findings using structured US reporting with a subspecialized reader may improve diagnostic performance of US and improve its utility in clinical care.
Authors
- Andreu F. Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1683-8230)
- Ferhan Siddiqi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1463-2423)
- Syed Ali Imran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5066-871X)
- Vicki Munro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3125-5044)
- Murali Rajaraman
- Syed Hassan Mustafa
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thyroid Research
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13044-024-00213-8
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation
- Fondation de la recherche en santé du Nouveau-Brunswick
- Dalhousie University