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Thyroglobulin
minimum sample volume required ~ 5ml
Test Code: TGL
Tube type: SST
Special instructions
Please note: All samples are also analysed for thyroglobulin antibodies as their presence can interfere with the assay for thyroglobulin.
Sent away
to Endocrine laboratory, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. On occasion samples may be sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, for analysis by a different method.
Reference range
<0.1 (In thyroid cancer patients, after total throidectomy and I131 ablation)
Units
µg/L
Turnaround Time
10
days
Department: Biochemistry
Clinical Application
Used as a tumour marker to monitor patients with a history of differentiated thyroid cancer following treatment with a total-thyroidectomy.
