Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number 409635 Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20201212061612.AM General Information 201212s |||||||||b ||00||| Cataloging Source DOST-PCHRD Main Entry - Personal Name Oblado, Jerry M Title Statement Recurrence rates following 1-131 therapy of differentiated thyroid carcinoma: results of meta-analysis Physical Description 31-36 Summary, Etc. To examine the efficacy of 1-131 therapy in decreasing recurrence rates after surgery for differentiated thyroid carcinoma, a research tool called meta-analysis was used. Data was pooled from five published studies which evaluated recurrences following at least sub-total thyroidectomy wit or without 1-131 ablation of remnants. Of 1332 patients managed surgically only, 202 (15%) developed recurrences compared to 36 of 339 (11%) treated with radioiodine. This difference was statistically significant at Subject Added Entry - Topical Term THYROID NEOPLASMS   META-ANALYSIS   RECURRENCE RATES   1-131 THERAPY   THYROID NEOPLASMS   META-ANALYSIS           Physical Location           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC