Abstract:
Objective To analyze the affecting factors of the successful rate of first 131I ablation after operation in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).
Methods Clinical data of 159 DTC patients (51 males and 108 females with an age range of 24–78 (46.5±11.9) years) with total thyroidectomy or subtotal thyroidectomy and who received the first 131I ablation in the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University from April 2013 to March 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into 3 groups according to the doses (2.96 GBq, 3.70 GBq and 5.55–7.40 GBq) of the first 131I treatment. The criteria for successful remnant ablation was as follows: diagnostic whole body scan showing that the thyroid bed had no radioactivity concentration at (4±1) months after 131I ablation. The effects of gender, age, surgical methods, pre-therapeutic thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroglobulin (Tg) levels, the time between operation and 131I ablation, and 131I dosages on efficacy of thyroid remnant ablation were analyzed. χ2 test was used to analyze the counting data. Results Among the 159 DTC patients, the successful rate of thyroid ablation was 70.4% (112/159). The successful rates of thyroid ablation in three treatment groups were 58.3%(21/36) (2.96 GBq group), 69.2%(63/91)(3.70 GBq group), and 87.5%(28/32)(5.55–7.40 GBq group) and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=7.071, P<0.05). The successful thyroid ablation rates in patients with total thyroidectomy were higher than those in patients with subtotal thyroidectomy and the difference was statistically significant (74.2%(95/128) vs. 54.8%(17/31), χ2=4.502, P<0.05). The successful thyroid ablation rate in pre-therapeutic TSH≥30 mU/L patients were higher than those in TSH<30 mU/L patients and the difference was statistically significant (73.9% (99/134) vs. 52.0%(13/25), χ2=4.844, P<0.05). The successful thyroid ablation rates in groups of gender, age, Tg level, and the time between operation and 131I ablation had no significant difference (χ2=0.311–3.073, all P>0.05).
Conclusion The 131I dosages, surgical methods, and pre-therapeutic TSH levels are the affecting factors of the success rates of thyroid ablation in DTC patients with total thyroidectomy or subtotal thyroidectomy.