Abstract

HOUSTON (EGMN) -Ultrasound was useful in the long-term postoperative follow-up of thyroid cancer in a review of 398 ultrasounds performed in 191 patients.A normal neck ultrasound combined with undetectable serum tumor markers is a reassuring combination in patients with previous thyroidectomy. Ultrasound findings in a previously operated field may be more difficult to interpret, however, leading patients to undergo unnecessary fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies, Dr. Adrian Harvey said at the annual...