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INITIAL TREATMENT

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Total thyroidectomy +/- lymphadenectomy, except in unifocal microcarcinoma

(individualized to patient)

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ADJUVANT TREATMENT

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Radioactive iodine (

131

I) (RAI) therapy

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FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT

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Levothyroxine to suppress TSH to <0.1 mU/L

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RECURRENT OR METASTATIC DISEASE TREATMENT

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Local therapy (re-operation, external radiation)

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Systemic therapy

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RAI therapy

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Patients with refractory advanced disease

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Chemotherapy (limited efficacy and considerable toxicity)

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Targeted agents or clinical trials

Haugen BR, et al. Thyroid 2017

Management of Differentiated

Thyroid Cancer (DTC)