BACKGROUND: Surgery is the elective treatment for cervical relapse from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) but it is technically challenging, with risk of failure and morbidity. We explored the feasibility and the efficacy of radioguided occult lesion localization (ROLL) with intratumoral 99mTc radiolabeled human albumin macroaggregates ([99mTc]MAA) injection in this setting. METHODS: Fifteen patients who underwent ROLLby ultrasonography (US)-guided intratumoral injection of [99mTc]MAAbetween December 2013 and October 2016 for DTCrecurrence were considered for this study. Ahand-held gamma-probe was employed for intrasurgical lesion detection. Mini-invasive ROLL-guided excision for soft tissue recurrence and ROLL-assisted modified radical neck dissection for lymph-node metastases were performed respectively. RESULTS: DTCrecurrence was located in loco-regional lymph-nodes (N.=8 patients) and in thyroid bed (N.=7 patients). Atotal of 27 lesions was identified and injected before surgery. On a total of 124 lesions resected, histology showed 38 DTC metastases. In particular, 26 out of 27 lesions injected with [99mTc]MAAwere correctly detected intra-operatively and resected without surgical complications. Ten patients received subsequent radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment to verify the complete recurrence resection. At a median follow-up of 16 months patients were classified in complete response (N.=4), biochemical incomplete response (N.=3), indeterminate response (N.=1) with no evidence of structural disease. The remaining 7 patients were classified as structural incomplete response for cervical persistent disease (N.=2), for cervical recurrence (N.=2) and for both cervical and lung metastases progression (N.=3). CONCLUSIONS: ROLLis a simple and safe procedure in the surgical management of DTCloco-regional relapse.
Impact of radioguided occult lesion localization in the management of cervical recurrences from differentiated thyroid cancer
Garbaccio V.;Menga M.;Galati A.;Finessi M.;Deandreis D.;
2022-01-01
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Surgery is the elective treatment for cervical relapse from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) but it is technically challenging, with risk of failure and morbidity. We explored the feasibility and the efficacy of radioguided occult lesion localization (ROLL) with intratumoral 99mTc radiolabeled human albumin macroaggregates ([99mTc]MAA) injection in this setting. METHODS: Fifteen patients who underwent ROLLby ultrasonography (US)-guided intratumoral injection of [99mTc]MAAbetween December 2013 and October 2016 for DTCrecurrence were considered for this study. Ahand-held gamma-probe was employed for intrasurgical lesion detection. Mini-invasive ROLL-guided excision for soft tissue recurrence and ROLL-assisted modified radical neck dissection for lymph-node metastases were performed respectively. RESULTS: DTCrecurrence was located in loco-regional lymph-nodes (N.=8 patients) and in thyroid bed (N.=7 patients). Atotal of 27 lesions was identified and injected before surgery. On a total of 124 lesions resected, histology showed 38 DTC metastases. In particular, 26 out of 27 lesions injected with [99mTc]MAAwere correctly detected intra-operatively and resected without surgical complications. Ten patients received subsequent radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment to verify the complete recurrence resection. At a median follow-up of 16 months patients were classified in complete response (N.=4), biochemical incomplete response (N.=3), indeterminate response (N.=1) with no evidence of structural disease. The remaining 7 patients were classified as structural incomplete response for cervical persistent disease (N.=2), for cervical recurrence (N.=2) and for both cervical and lung metastases progression (N.=3). CONCLUSIONS: ROLLis a simple and safe procedure in the surgical management of DTCloco-regional relapse.
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