Thyroglobulin measurement using highly sensitive assays in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: a clinical position paper.

• Giovanella L Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany luca.giovanella@eoc.ch.
• Clark PM Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Chiovato L Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Duntas L Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Elisei R Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Feldt-Rasmussen U Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Leenhardt L Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Luster M Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Schalin-Jäntti C Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Schott M Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Seregni E Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Rimmele H Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Smit J Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
• Verburg FA Department of Nuclear MedicinePET Centre and Thyroid Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, SwitzerlandClinical Laboratory ServicesQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDepartment of Internal Medicine and EndocrinologyFondazione Salvatore Maugeri IRCCS, University of Pavia Hospital, 27100 Pavia, ItalyEndocrine UnitEvgenidion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, GreeceDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Pisa, Pisa, ItalyDepartment of EndocrinologyRigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Nuclear MedicinePitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, FranceDepartment of Nuclear MedicineUniversity Hospital Marburg, Marburg, GermanyDivision of EndocrinologyDepartment of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandDivision of Specific EndocrinologyUniversity Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine - Radioisotopic Therapy and Endocrinology UnitInstituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, ItalySelf-Help Organization of Thyroid Cancer Patients 'Ohne Schilddrüse leben e.V.'Berlin, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity Medical Center St Radboud, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Nuclear MedicineRWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

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Carcinoma

Carcinoma, Papillary

Humans

Iodine Radioisotopes

Neck

Sensitivity and Specificity

Thyroglobulin

Thyroid Cancer, Papillary

Thyroid Neoplasms

Thyroidectomy

Thyrotropin

Ultrasonography