Thyroid Research


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13-cis-retinoic acid re-differentiation therapy and recombinant human thyrotropin-aided radioiodine treatment of non-Functional metastatic thyroid cancer: a single-center, 53-patient phase 2 study

Daria Handkiewicz-Junak1,2, Jozef Roskosz1,2, Kornelia Hasse-Lazar1,2, Sylwia Szpak-Ulczok1,2, Zbigniew Puch1,2, Aleksandra Kukulska1,2, Tomasz Olczyk1,2, Andrzej Piela3, Ewa Paliczka-Cieslik1,2 and Barbara Jarzab1,2*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeza Armii Krajowej 14, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

2 Department of Endocrine Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeza Armii Krajowej 14, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

3 Department of Surgical Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeza Armii Krajowej 14, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

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Thyroid Research 2009, 2:8 doi:10.1186/1756-6614-2-8

Published: 1 August 2009

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Additional file 1:

Thyroglobulin before and after 13-CRA RDT. The data provided represent thyroglobulin concentration (ng/ml) before and after redifferentiation therapy in all 53 treated patients.

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