evidencegaps
Primary study · included by 1 review

Long-term surveillance of papillary thyroid cancer patients who do not undergo postoperative radioiodine remnant ablation: is there a role for serum thyroglobulin measurement?

Durante 2012 · Durante Cosimo, Montesano Teresa, Attard Marco, et al. · The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2012

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Reassessing Radioactive Iodine Use After Thyroidectomy in Low-Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Durante 2012 · Table 1; Fig. 3-8
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Recurrence
Radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation after total thyroidectomy vs No RAI (total thyroidectomy alone)
OR 0.66 [0.41, 1.08]7 studies · 4101 participantsGRADE not reported
Serum thyroglobulin > 1 ng/mL
Radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation after total thyroidectomy vs No RAI (total thyroidectomy alone)
OR 1.20 [0.00, 342.55]2 studies · 1561 participantsGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.