Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21826102›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Endocrinology2011

Radioiodine for remnant ablation and therapy of metastatic disease.

Christoph Reiners, Heribert Hänscheid, Markus Luster, Michael Lassmann, Frederik A Verburg

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Endocrinology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The Theranostic Genome.Nature communications · 2024
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  9. Implications of NaJournal of the Endocrine Society · 2019
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  14. Automated MicroSPECT/MicroCT Image Analysis of the Mouse Thyroid Gland.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2017
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  16. Effects of BRAF(V600E) mutation on Na(+)/I(-) symporter expression in papillary thyroid carcinoma.Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban · 2016
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  17. Effects of recombinant human thyroid stimulating hormone onExperimental and therapeutic medicine · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christoph ReinersDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany. reiners_c@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Heribert Hänscheid
Markus Luster
Michael Lassmann
Frederik A Verburg
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEUniversitätsklinikum Aachen · DEUniversity Hospital Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radioiodine is considered an effective and low-risk therapy modality of advanced differentiated thyroid cancer. For patients without lymph-node or distant metastases and low stages of the primary tumor, debate is ongoing about the necessity of thyroid remnant tissue ablation in an adjuvant setting. On the basis of evidence from retrospective studies, and until results of ongoing controlled prospective randomized trials become available, (131)I ablation of remnant thyroid tissue in patients with primary tumors >1 cm is advisable. For thyroid remnant ablation, individual dosimetry is not obligatory. By contrast, the effectiveness of (131)I therapy of locally advanced and/or metastatic disease can be improved by individual dosimetry. For practical reasons, an approach delivering the maximal possible radiation dose to the tumor without exceeding a critical blood dose of approximately 2 Gy seems advantageous. The availability of recombinant human TSH (rhTSH) has improved the quality of life of patients and reduces the radiation exposure of healthy nonthyroid tissue compared with TSH stimulation through levothyroxine withdrawal. In patients with distant metastases, rhTSH stimulation is possible only in off-label use, from which especially elderly and frail patients may benefit, as they most severely suffer from hypothyroidism caused by thyroid hormone withdrawal.

Indexed as

FemaleHumansIodine RadioisotopesMaleRadiometryRadiopharmaceuticalsRecombinant ProteinsSurvival AnalysisThyroid NeoplasmsThyrotropinIodine RadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticalsRecombinant ProteinsThyrotropin

Identifiers

PMID21826102
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