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Chonnam Med J. 2019 Sep;55(3):127-135. doi: 10.4068/cmj.2019.55.3.127. Epub 2019 Sep 24.

Identification of Radioactive Iodine Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

Chonnam medical journal

Zhuan-Zhuan Mu, Xin Zhang, Yan-Song Lin

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & PUMC, Beijing, China.
  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Beijing, China.

PMID: 31598469 PMCID: PMC6769251 DOI: 10.4068/cmj.2019.55.3.127

Abstract

Most differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients have an excellent prognosis. However, about one-third of DTC patients with recurrent or metastatic disease lose the hallmark of specific iodine uptake initially or gradually and acquire radioactive iodine-refractory DTC (RAIR-DTC) with poor prognosis. Due to the potentially severe complications from unnecessarily repeated RAI therapy and encouraging progress of multiple targeted drugs for advanced RAIR-DTC patients, it has become crucial to identify RAIR-DTC early. In this review, we focus on the progress and controversies regarding the defining of RAIR-DTC, further with subsistent approaches and promising molecular nuclear medicine imaging in identifying RAIR-DTC, which may shed light on the proper management methodsof such patients.

© Chonnam Medical Journal, 2019.

Keywords: Iodine Radioisotopes; Molecular Imaging; Thyroid Neoplasms

Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT: None declared.

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