Objectives Radioiodine ablation of thyroid tissue remains the cornerstone of treatment for
patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma after thyroidectomy. Selecting an optimal dose …

Purpose 131 I whole-body scan (WBS) and serum thyroglobulin (TG) are important in
detecting thyroid remnants or recurrent disease in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer …

Aim: to determine whether the first three months after 131I ablation is too early to perform
radioiodine diagnostic whole body scintigraphy (dxWBS) in differentiated thyroid carcinoma …

Debates regarding thyroid stunning—a phenomenon whereby a diagnostic dose of
radioiodine decreases uptake of a subsequent therapeutic dose by remnant thyroid tissue or …

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October 2006 Sirisalipoch S, Buachum V, Pasawang P, Tepmongkol S, Boonvisut S …

Objective To assess the value of the diagnostic whole body (131) I scan after thyroidectomy
and (131) I ablation. Design Retrospective analysis of all patients with differentiated thyroid …

RESULTS Table 1reveals that the clinical characteristics of the patients in the group
receiving a low (1073 MBq) and a high (3700 MBq) â€@ †I dose were very similar. In this …

Purpose The present study was undertaken to evaluate the ablation rate after administration
of 1.1 or 3.7 GBq of iodine-131 (131 I) to patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid …

A diagnostic iodine-131 (131I) total body scan (TBS) is usually recommended 6 to 12
months after thyroid ablation for differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Its usefulness was …

Objective To determine the success of ablative treatment using fixed high doses of 131 I in
patients with thyroid cancer. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 274 patients …