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Review
. 2004 Jul 19;91(2):200-4.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601991.

Detection of circulating Tg-mRNA in the follow-up of papillary and follicular thyroid cancer: how useful is it?

F A Verburg  1 , C J M Lips, E G W M Lentjes, J M H de Klerk
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Review

Detection of circulating Tg-mRNA in the follow-up of papillary and follicular thyroid cancer: how useful is it?

F A Verburg et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

To investigate the usefulness of thyroglobulin mRNA (Tg-mRNA) detection in peripheral blood in the follow-up of papillary and follicular (differentiated) thyroid cancer, a literature study was performed. Both evidence for and evidence against the usefulness of Tg-mRNA detection were found. Also, evidence for the expression of Tg-mRNA in cells other than normal or neoplastic thyroid follicular cells was found. It is concluded that currently Tg-mRNA detection is not a useful tool in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma, but that the concept of using RT-PCR measurements during follow-up still warrants further research.

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