Recommendation ID
NG230/04
Question

Duration of thyroid stimulating hormone suppression: For people with differentiated thyroid cancer who have had surgery and radioactive iodine (RAI), what is the optimal duration of thyroid stimulating hormone suppression?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

For a short explanation of why the committee made this recommendation for research, see the rationale section on long-term duration of TSH suppression.

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review N: duration of TSH suppression.


Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Thyroid cancer: assessment and management
Number
NG230
Date issued
December 2022

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 31/12/2022