Radiation after thyroid surgery may keep cancer at bay

NCT ID NCT06524167

Recruiting now Disease control Sponsor: Fudan University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at whether giving radiation therapy within 6 weeks after surgery can help prevent thyroid cancer from coming back in people at high risk. It includes 80 patients with various types of thyroid cancer (except undifferentiated). The main goal is to see how long they stay free of local or regional recurrence. Researchers will also track overall survival, side effects, and quality of life.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: radiation therapy (external beam radiotherapy using IMRT or VMAT)
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show that adding radiotherapy after surgery improves local control and reduces recurrence in high-risk thyroid cancer patients.
What could go wrong: This is a small, real-world study (80 people) without a comparison group, so results may not be definitive. Radiotherapy can cause side effects like fatigue or skin irritation.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

thyroid cancer Thyroid Neoplasms

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

THYROID CANCER

Contacts and locations

Locations

Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
RECRUITING

Shanghai, 200032, China

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