Preoperative and postoperative calcitonin levels, treatment and outcome.

Table 3: Preoperative and postoperative calcitonin levels, treatment and outcome.

Case	Preoperative calcitonin (pg/ml)	Postop calcitonin	Initial procedure	Reoperation	Status
1	315	6	TT + CRBND + CND	No	AWOD 54 m
2	460	415	TT + CRBND + CND	SBND + MD	AWD 108 m
3	82	10	TT + CRBND + CND	SBND + MD	DOD 60 m
4	26	10	HT	CTT + SBND + CND	AWOD 36 m
5	42	2	TT + MRBND + CND + MD	No	AWOD 3 m
6	50000	No	Node biopsy	No	DOD 7 m
7	30	0.55	TT + CND	No	AWOD 86 m
8	3550	4990	TT	SBND + CND + MD	AWD 87 m
9	No	No	HT + Tracheotomy	No	DOD 6 m
10	2775	No	Node biopsy	TT + MRBND + CND + MD	DOD 2 m
11	200	0.33	TT + CRBND + CND	No	AWOD 48 m
12	7020	1260	TT + Total Laryngectomy + MRBND	No	DOD 3 m
13	No	1506	TT + MRLND + CND + MD	No	DOD 21 m
14	422	196	TT + MRBND + CND + MD	No	AWOD 51 m
15	9485	589	TT + MRBND + CND		AWD 12 m
16	182	121	TT	MRBND + CND + MD	AWOD 36 m
17	10364	489	Node biopsy	TT + MRBND + CND + MD	AWD 36 m
18	No	No	TT	Declined treatment	DOD 1 m

Notes: HT: Hemithyroidectomy; TT: Total Thyroidectomy; cTT: Completion Total Thyroidectomy; CND: Central Neck Dissection; MRBND: Modified Radical Bilateral Neck Dissection; MRLND: Modified Radical Left Neck Dissection; CRBND: Classic Radical Bilateral Neck Dissection; SBND: Selective Bilateral Neck Dissection; MD: Mediastinal Dissection; AWD: Alive with Disease; AWOD: Alive without Disease; DOD: Death of Disease.
Calcitonin in pg/ml. Calcitonin levels shown are pre and post definitive treatment.