Postoperative Radiotherapy in the Management of Advanced or Recurrent Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Postoperative radiotherapy can be one of the feasible and safe modalities for advanced or recurrent DTC, since the locoregional control was comparable to other studies despite unfavorable clinicopathologic elements of the study population. The age ≥55 and gross residual disease significantly affect both locoregional control and overall survival. However, due to the lack of a control in this study, there is a limitation to definitely confirm the efficacy of adjuvant RT and therefore a further study is necessary to find those who can benefit from it.