Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34262343›Full record

ArticleCancer management and research2021

Preablative Stimulated Thyroglobulin and Thyroglobulin Reduction Index as Decision-Making Markers for Second Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Patients with Structural Incomplete Response.

Lihua Wang, Canhua Yun, Fengyan Huang, Juan Xiao, Yanli Ju, Fang Cheng, Wei Zhang, Hongying Jia

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cancer management and research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Is secondAnnals of nuclear medicine · 2025
    Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lihua Wang *Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Canhua Yun *Department of Nuclear Medicine, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250033, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-3919-698X
Fengyan HuangDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Juan XiaoCenter of Evidence-Based Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250033, People's Republic of China.
Yanli JuDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Fang ChengDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, People's Republic of China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250033, People's Republic of China.
Hongying JiaDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-8079-1161
Shandong University · CNSecond Hospital of Shandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the value of preablative stimulated thyroglobulin (presTg) and thyroglobulin reduction index (TRI) to predict the different responses to second radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients with structural incomplete response (SIR). PATIENTS AND

methodsA single-center retrospective study analyzed the different clinical outcomes after second RAI therapy in 206 patients with SIR. PresTg1 and presTg2 were measured before first and second RAI management and TRI was the reduction index of presTg1 and presTg2. Cut-off values of presTg and TRI were obtained using receiver operating characteristic analysis. The univariate logistic regression analysis was performed to confirm these parameters as prognostic factors to predict different responses to second RAI therapy.

resultsOnly ATA risk stratification, the post-therapy whole-body scanning (Rx-WBS) findings, presTg1, presTg2, TRI, were different in patients with SIR. After second RAI therapy, 28.2% (58/206) of patients with SIR initially were reclassified as excellent response (ER). PresTg1 <6.6 ng/mL, presTg2 <1.2ng/mL, and TRI >74.2% were excellent indications to predict ER from non-ER after second RAI treatment. PresTg1 >14.9 ng/mL, presTg2 >1.8ng/mL and TRI <66.5% were well markers to predict poor outcome (SIR). High risk and distant metastases could still be considered as risk factors.

conclusionDTC patients with SIR could benefit through second RAI treatment. PresTg before each RAI therapy and TRI could be considered as effective decision-making markers for second RAI therapy and as predictive indications for clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

differentiated thyroid carcinomapreablative stimulated thyroglobulinradioactive iodine therapystructural incomplete responsethyroglobulin reduction index

Identifiers

PMID34262343
PMCPMC8275041
OpenAlexW3210411262

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.