1. Thyroid Cancer
Since the thyroid tissue is cancerous the patient will usually have a thyroidectomy followed by I-131 ablation therapy. ... It would be expected that a patient with a total thyroidectomy and ablation therapy to have a thyroglobulin level of zero because they lack the tissue to make this enzyme. ...
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