Abstract
Prediction of thyroid cancer recurrence is important information for planning post-surgical follow-ups. Cancer stage is a well-known predictor of thyroid cancer and the American Thyroid Association offers a thyroid cancer staging calculator that helps predict the stage of thyroid cancer using preoperative clinical and demographical information. The current calculator, however, is missing information on serum thyroglobulin which is a critical predictor to evaluate the cancer stage of patients.
The objective of this study was to develop a regression model that updates the calculator with serum thyroglobulin information.