Radioactive Iodine Administered for Thyroid Remnant Ablation Following Recombinant Human Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Preparation Also Has an Important Adjuvant Therapy Function

Abstract

Preparation with either rhTSH or THW in this retrospective study appears to have similar therapeutic (tumoricidal) effects on small volume RAI-avid metastatic disease incidentally discovered at the time of ablation in both locoregional lymph nodes and pulmonary parenchyma.