Question 464 · LEK · Thyroid cancer
Monitoring of persistent thyroid cancer involves measurements of the titres/levels of:
- A. thyroid-stimulating hormone.
- B. thyroglobulin and antibodies to thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor.
- C. thyroid peroxidase antibodies.
- D. antibodies to thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor.
- E. thyroglobulin and antibodies to thyroglobulin.
Hint
After total thyroidectomy and radioiodine, one thyroid-specific protein should be undetectable, but its assay can be disturbed by autoantibodies.
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