Thyroid cancer
Results
Pilot
A study looking at a PET-CT scan to plan radiotherapy for thyroid cancer (THRIFT)
This study wanted to find out whether a type of scan called FLT PET-CT scan can be used to plan radiotherapy. It was for people with a type of thyroid cancer called papillary thyroid cancer.
Papillary thyroid cancer is also called differentiated thyroid cancer.
Recruitment start: 16 August 2013
Recruitment end: 31 October 2016
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Dr Rachel Pearson
Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Last reviewed: 30 November 2018
CRUK internal database number: 11335
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