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PET-TC in Thyroid Evaluation
Sponsor: IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Summary
The thyroid gland may have a diffuse or focal uptake of numerous PET/CT radiopharmaceuticals and this may be correlated with underlying benign and malignant thyroid/parathyroid pathologies. It is not clear at present if the uptake of the radiopharmaceutical alone is associated with a potential malignancy of the disease. The aim of the study is to collect evidence and consolidate the diagnostic power of PET/CT, to identify any predictive parameters that can determine whether PET positivity/negativity can in the future avoid unnecessary tests such as needle aspiration.
Official title: Ruolo Della PET/TC Nella Valutazione di Patologia Tiroidea in un Centro di Medicina Nucleare ad Alto Volume Diagnostico
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
418
Start Date
2024-10-14
Completion Date
2029-04-30
Last Updated
2025-02-28
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
clinical practice drug treatment
Observational, prospective and retrospective study, transversal, non-profit, monocentric. All data of patients affected/ afferents to theU.O. of Nuclear Medicine of the IRCCS AOU of Bologna will be collected submitted/ who will undergo a PET/ CT investigation for thyroid pathology or other indication with incidental feedback of thyroid uptake and patients who have They undergo PET/CT with known thyroid disease. Of these patients will be collected the personal data, clinical news, data related to PET/ CT (dedicated software e.g. MIM), biochemical/ laboratory and anatomopathological (for operated patients), any other imaging investigations already performed and to be performed later by normal clinical practice. The medical nuclear images will be evaluated by at least two nuclear medical experts, with qualitative, semi-quantitative and radiometric parameters as far as possible. Patients will be treated according to normal clinical practice.
Locations (1)
Nuclear medicine, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedalierio-Universitaria di Bologna
Bologna, Bo, Italy