title: Postoperative uptake in the thyroid bed, not tumor stage, determines the usefulness of diagnostic whole body scan in the first year after ablation with radioiodine.
authors: P W
authors: PW
authors: Rosário
authors: A L
authors: AL
authors: Barroso
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Purisch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi