conducted a systematic review of controlled studies of radioiodine therapy in such patients. Longitudinal studies of the effect of a single dose of ≤150 mCi (5.56 GBq) of radioiodine showed that ...

Hospital staff brief patients on safety. Radioiodine may be given to patients of any age but it is less frequently given to children under 10. Long term follow-up of children who have been treated ...

Radiation from patients undergoing other diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclide procedures such as bone scans or radioiodine therapy may pose a risk of radiation exposure to medical staff and does ...

Patients with iodine-induced subclinical and clinical hyperthyroidism should be carefully medicated to normalize thyroid function before radioiodine treatment for multinodular goiters, according ...

In predominately radioiodine scan-negative patients, using the strictest definition of biochemical cure, undetectable stimulated thyroglobulin (Tg) of less than 0.5 ng/ml, a rate of 27% is reported.