According to the research team, this information led to a revision of the original diagnosis in 35 percent of the study participants. The images reclassified as benign six of 11 lesions that had been considered lymph node metastases and 11 of 15 lesions considered to be indeterminate.
"Our data suggest that SPECT-CT should be used as a routine procedure in DTC patients at the first radioiodine treatment. By upstaging or downstaging disease, this hybrid imaging tool may alter the management of more than one-third of patients with the disease," said Dr. Torsten Kuwert, another co-author.
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