D drake19 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jul 26, 2010 Messages 185 Reaction score 68 Points 4,601 Apr 18, 2016 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad endocrine step 3 question from UWORLD... for thyroid cancer in remission why do we adjust dose of levo-thyroxine to suppress TSH below normal range (between 0.1-0.3) or mets complete suppression of TSH is required. Why?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad endocrine step 3 question from UWORLD... for thyroid cancer in remission why do we adjust dose of levo-thyroxine to suppress TSH below normal range (between 0.1-0.3) or mets complete suppression of TSH is required. Why?
gracie369 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Feb 16, 2009 Messages 204 Reaction score 299 Points 5,121 Resident [Any Field] Apr 23, 2016 #2 Bro because tsh stimulates thyroid cancer cells to grow. There can be some cells left over from surgery. Upvote 0 Downvote
Bro because tsh stimulates thyroid cancer cells to grow. There can be some cells left over from surgery.
