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with yroid Nodules and Differentiated yroid Cancer. doi: 10.1089/thy.2014.0460
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Abbreviations
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FDG-PET/CT, fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed
tomography; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; ATA, American yroid
Association; CND, central neck dissection; CT, computed tomography; DFS, disease
free survival; DTC, differentiated thyroid cancer; DxWBS, diagnostic whole body scan;
FNA, fine needle aspiration; FTC, follicular thyroid cancer; iPTH, intact parathyroid
hormone; LT4, levothyroxine; MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging ; PTC, papillary
thyroid cancer; PTEN, gene: phosphatase and tensin homolog ; RAI, radioactive iodine;
rhTSH, recombinant human thyrotropin; SPECT, single-photon emission computerized
tomography; Tg, thyroglobulin; TgAb, thyroglobulin antibody; TNM, tumor, node,
metastases; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; TT, total or near-total thyroidectomy;
US, ultrasound
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