Usefulness of PET-CT scan in recurrent thyroid cancer

Gianlorenzo Dionigi; Fausto Fama'; Salvatore Antonio Pignata; Antonella Pino; Alessandro Pontin; Ettore Caruso; Yantao Fu; Shijie Li; Carmelo Mazzeo; Hui Sun; Sergio Baldari

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sep 2020)

Usefulness of PET-CT scan in recurrent thyroid cancer

Gianlorenzo Dionigi,
Fausto Fama',
Salvatore Antonio Pignata,
Antonella Pino,
Alessandro Pontin,
Ettore Caruso,
Yantao Fu,
Shijie Li,
Carmelo Mazzeo,
Hui Sun,
Sergio Baldari

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Gianlorenzo Dionigi: Division for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi'', University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy; Corresponding author.
Fausto Fama': Division for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi'', University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Salvatore Antonio Pignata: Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho-Functional Imaging, University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Antonella Pino: Division for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi'', University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Alessandro Pontin: Division for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi'', University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Ettore Caruso: Division for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi'', University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Yantao Fu: Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Surgical Translational Medicine, Division of Thyroid Surgery, China- Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
Shijie Li: Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Surgical Translational Medicine, Division of Thyroid Surgery, China- Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
Carmelo Mazzeo: Division for Emergency Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi'', University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Hui Sun: Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Surgical Translational Medicine, Division of Thyroid Surgery, China- Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
Sergio Baldari: Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho-Functional Imaging, University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 182 – 187

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The aim of this paper is to discuss the risk of recurrence in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer and emphasize the importance of risk-group stratification, early recurrence identification and application of new imaging modalities, what is the PET-CT. Moreover, follow-up of patients with thyroid carcinoma should be carried out by specialized teams throughout life. Therefore, interdisciplinary case discussions in tumor conferences may improve the use of multimodal therapy especially in patients with poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas. After baseline follow-up, if there is a suspicion of thyroid carcinoma, early PET-CT should be used for early detection and appropriate planning. Fortunately, due to the good localization possibility, the PET-CT enables a focused surgical procedure with avoidance of an unnecessary tumor search and thereby a reduction of the risk of injury of neighboring structures which is a concern with reoperative neck surgery.

Published in World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

ISSN: 2095-8811 (Print); 2589-1081 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology; Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25891081

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