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When should post-op RT be offered in patients with recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma that no longer takes up iodine?

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Radiation Oncology · West Virginia University

Non-iodine avid, otherwise well-differentiated thyroid cancers have traditionally been considered a reasonable target for external beam radiotherapy. In my practice, XRT is considered once the disease is no longer considered amenable to non-morbid surgery. However given the rise of endocrinologic on...

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