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Jiahui Wu Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Xunyang Hu Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Paula Seal EFW Radiology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Parthiv Amin Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Brendan Diederichs Department of Radiology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mayfair Radiology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Ralf Paschke Section of Endocrinology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Departments of Medicine, Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Introduction Current postoperative follow-up (FU) and dynamic response to treatment (RTT) assessment of thyroid cancer primarily depends on postoperative neck ultrasound (POU) and thyroglobulin (Tg) determination ( 1 ). This FU strategy is

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Laura Agate Endocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Francesca Bianchi Unit of Endocrine and Oncological Nuclear Medicine Therapy, Diagnostic and Imaging Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Federica Brozzi Unit of Endocrine and Oncological Nuclear Medicine Therapy, Diagnostic and Imaging Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Pierina Santini Unit of Endocrine and Oncological Nuclear Medicine Therapy, Diagnostic and Imaging Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Eleonora Molinaro Endocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Valeria Bottici Endocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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David Viola Endocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Loredana Lorusso Endocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Paolo Vitti Endocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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Rossella Elisei Endocrinology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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the values of postoperative serum Tg and neck ultrasound (US) [ 17 , 18 ]. Despite the evidence of a limited therapeutic role of RRA in LR and IR DTC, to our knowledge, no studies on the benefits of the diagnostic role of ptWBS have been reported so

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Carolina C.P.S. Janovsky Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Rui M.B. Maciel Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Cleber P. Camacho Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Rosalia P. Padovani Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Claudia C. Nakabashi Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Ji H. Yang Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Eduardo Z. Malouf Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Elza S. Ikejiri Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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M. Conceição O.C. Mamone Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Jairo Wagner Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Danielle M. Andreoni Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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Rosa Paula M. Biscolla Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thyroid Diseases Center, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

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; counts, 12,345). Neck Ultrasound Cervical US was performed with linear, multifrequency, 7.5- to 10-MHz transducers and integrated with color Doppler (EnVisor Phillips) examinations by the same radiologist. Statistical Analysis All data are

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Vittoria Guarda Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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Anja Pickhard Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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Melanie Boxberg Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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Katja Specht Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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Anna Maria Stefanie Buchberger Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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admission revealed a palpable painless tissue mass in the right cervical area. Protrusion of the posterior pharyngeal wall was observed during the endoscopic examination but no fixation of the vocal cords or subglottic stenosis. A neck ultrasound was

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Thomas Karrasch Department of Internal Medicine III, Giessen University Hospital, Giessen

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Saskia M. Herbst Center for and Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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Ute Hehr Center for and Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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Andreas Schmid Department of Internal Medicine III, Giessen University Hospital, Giessen

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Andreas Schäffler Department of Internal Medicine III, Giessen University Hospital, Giessen

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clinical surveillance including repeated neck ultrasound examination as well as basal and calcium (pentagastrin)-stimulated calcitonin levels [ 5 , 6 , 7 ]. Two of these were previously confirmed to have thyroid nodules (I/5 and II/7). Histological

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Pedro Marques Endocrinology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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Valeriano Leite Endocrinology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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Maria João Bugalho Endocrinology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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Introduction Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common thyroid malignancy. The widespread use of neck ultrasound (US) has led to the identification of small asymptomatic thyroid nodules with indeterminate clinical relevance [ 1

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Luca Damiani Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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Sabrina Lupo Endocrine Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona/Ferrara, Italy

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Roberta Rossi Endocrine Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona/Ferrara, Italy

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Stefania Bruni Endocrine Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona/Ferrara, Italy

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Mirco Bartolomei Nuclear Medicine Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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Stefano Panareo Nuclear Medicine Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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Paola Franceschetti Endocrine Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona/Ferrara, Italy

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Paolo Carcoforo Department of Morphology, Section of Surgery, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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Giovanni Lanza Department of Medical Sciences, Pathology Unit, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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Stefano Pelucchi Department of Biomedical and Surgical Specialization Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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Ettore Degli Uberti Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Endocrine Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona/Ferrara, Italy

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Maria Chiara Zatelli Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Endocrine Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Cona/Ferrara, Italy

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. Patients’ characteristics at diagnosis Patients underwent a visit 3 months after surgery (Fig.  1 ) evaluating basal and recombinant human TSH-stimulated thyroglobulin (TG) levels, anti-TG antibody (ATG) levels, neck ultrasound (US), whole-body I

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Santiago Tofé Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Iñaki Argüelles Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Ana Forteza Department of Pathology, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Cristina Álvarez Department of Surgery, Section of Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Alessandra Repetto Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Luis Masmiquel Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Irene Rodríguez Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Eladio Losada Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain

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Nuria Sukunza Department of Endocrinology, Hospital de Manacor, Manacor, Spain

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María Cabrer Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Comarcal de Inca, Inca, Spain

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Mildred Sifontes Department of Pathology, Hospital Mateu Orfila, Menorca, Spain

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María del Mar del Barrio Department of Pathology, Hospital Mateu Orfila, Menorca, Spain

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Antonia Barceló Department of Laboratory, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Álvaro Tofé Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain

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Vicente Pereg Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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-specific MRs in this large cohort of patients with TC. Finally, we have performed an additional analysis to explore the role of changes in the routine management of thyroid nodular disease, that is, performance of neck ultrasound (US) and fine-needle aspiration

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Tanvir Rizvi Nuclear Medicine Division, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va., USA

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Patrice K. Rehm Nuclear Medicine Division, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va., USA

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138 and 136 mCi of 131 I respectively and was maintained on thyroid hormone replacement. She underwent 131 I scanning and neck ultrasound 5 years after the initial diagnosis and therapy which did not show any recurrence. The patient was recurrence

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Furio Pacini Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

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considerations: first, the indolent biological course of lymph node metastases, and, second, the low detection rate of lymph node metastases in the 1970s. At that time, neither neck ultrasound (US) nor serum thyroglobulin (Tg) measurements were available in

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