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Nuclear Medicine Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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]. Over 97% of thyroid cancer is well-differentiated, originating from thyroid follicular cells. Differentiated thyroid cancer includes papillary, follicular, or Hurthle-cell neoplasms [ 4 ]. Radioactive iodine (RAI) is considered following total
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Introduction In adults and children, hyperthyroidism is mostly caused by Graves’ disease (GD) [ 1 , 2 ]. Treatment options for GD include antithyroid drugs (ATDs), thyroidectomy, and radioactive iodine (RAI). In Europe, ATDs are the preferred
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Introduction Radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment may be used after total thyroidectomy (TT) for thyroid cancer for several purposes: remnant ablation to facilitate detection of recurrent disease, adjuvant treatment of subclinical residual tumor
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years ( 1 ). It aimed to define the conditions for repetitive administration of potassium iodide (KI) in order to protect the population undergoing prolonged exposure to radioactive iodine in a nuclear or radiological accidental situation. The results
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Introduction Radioactive iodine (RAI) has been used for the treatment of patients with Graves’ hyperthyroidism since the 1950s. After a single RAI administration, patients ideally become euthyroid but frequently develop hypothyroidism. On the
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radiation, thermal ablation, and cement injections [ 10 - 12 ]. Although rarely curative, radioactive iodine therapy (RAI) is recommended for all patients with bone metastases and may benefit individuals with RAI avid bone lesions. However, there is no
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The initial treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer consists of total or near-total thyroidectomy. Surgery is usually followed by the administration of radioactive iodine activities (RAI) aimed to ablate any remnant thyroid tissue and
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Introduction For many years radioactive iodine ( 131 I) has been used for treatment of nontoxic goiter, hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer. During the last decade recombinant human TSH (rhTSH) - a very potent stimulator of the thyroid 131 I
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Insights Lymphadenitis can occur in association with RAI therapy for Graves’ disease. This can progress to abscess formation requiring surgical drainage. Introduction The use of radioactive iodine or iodine-131 (I-131) in the
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Dear Sir, Five months after radioactive iodine treatment for Graves’ hyperthyroidism, I developed severe hypothyroidism. Three months after treatment, TSH, FT4 and FT3 values were within reference range (0.44 mlU/l, 15.9 and 4.5 pmol