Long-term surveillance of papillary thyroid cancer patients who do not undergo postoperative radioiodine remnant ablation: is there a role for serum thyroglobulin measurement?
In most RRA-negative patients, postoperative serum Tg values spontaneously drop to undetectable levels within 5-7 yr after thyroidectomy. Thus, in later phases, Tg assays may be a valuable tool for follow-up even in patients who do not undergo RRA.
RYGB uniformly improved the medication requirements of patients with insulin-dependent T2DM. Although physiologic mechanisms likely contributed, early rapid weight loss was associated with the remission of T2DM.