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If thyroglobulin is not reliable because of the presence of antithyroglobuline antibodies, how doctor know if i'm cancer free?
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Thyroid cancer: A progressive increase in serum tg concentrations strongly suggests progressive disease, and should lead to a search for the disease, usually starting with a chest x-ray, neck ultrasonography, and radioiodine scanning. Serum tg doubling time of less than one year was associated with significantly higher rates of 10-year disease-specific mortality, loco-regional metastases, and identification of d.
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