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Kang: Patient Preparation and Special Consideration before Radioactive Iodine Therapy
Review Article

Korean Journal of Endocrine Surgery 2008; 8(3): 167-170.

Published online: 30 September 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16956/kjes.2008.8.3.167

Patient Preparation and Special Consideration before Radioactive Iodine Therapy

Won Jun Kang, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence: mdkwj@yuhs.ac

Copyright © 2008 Korean Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons; KATES

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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Radioactive iodine therapy is widely used in patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer. Clinicians have been supplied with several guidelines on how to ablate thyroid tissue or treat thyroid cancer. Here, we review the general procedures involved in patient preparation and special considerations that must be taken before initiating radioactive iodine therapy.

Keywords: Thyroid cancer, Radioactive iodine, Patient preparation

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