Assessment of Quality of Life After Adjunct Radioiodine Therapy in Patients With Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Southern Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Thyroid Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02706743

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of adjuvant radioactive iodine therapy on the quality of life(QOL) in differentiated thyroid cancer patients and to identify independent factors affecting changes in the QOL.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pathologically confirmed new diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer, recently treated by total thyroidectomy
• Must sign a consent form before treatment
• One year or more of follow-up after radioiodine ablation

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with follicular, Hürthle cell, poorly differentiated, medullary, or anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
• Pregnant or lactating women
• Patients that received adjuvant radioiodine treatment in the past
• Patients with other cancer