How do you approach patients with recurrent papillary thyroid cancer following thyroidectomy who now has palpable cervical nodes and underwent neck dissection and RAI?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
It would be helpful to know when total thyroidectomy was done and if there was I-131 uptake on pre- and post- I-131 treatment? When was the RAI treatment? Is the thyroglobulin rising?
Typically, if this is happening several months after RAI treatment, I would biopsy the node to make sure it is not ...