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01-06-2009 | Editorial
What role for recombinant human TSH in the treatment of metastatic thyroid cancer?
Authors:
Paolo Zanotti-Fregonara, Elif Hindié, Marie Elisabeth Toubert, Domenico Rubello
Published in:
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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Issue 6/2009
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Excerpt
The introduction into clinical practice of recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone (rhTSH) has marked a turning point in the management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. RhTSH offers a safe and reliable alternative to thyroid hormone withdrawal by avoiding both the clinical consequences of hypothyroidism, with a positive impact on quality of life and work productivity, and the potential risk of cancer growth due to a long-lasting endogenous TSH stimulation. …