Radiation after thyroid surgery may keep cancer at bay
NCT ID NCT06524167
First seen Mar 05, 2026 · Last updated Jun 22, 2026 · Updated 16 times
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.
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
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What this could mean
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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.
Conditions
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