Radioactive iodine helps people live longer when they have papillary or follicular thyroid cancer that has spread to the neck or some body parts. But radioactive iodine therapy is not helpful for people with small thyroid gland cancers that do not seem to have spread and can be removed completely with surgery.
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Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I just read your query about your father. Let me answer each one of your questions one by one. 1)No, this treatment does not cause cancer.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would suggest radio ablation is the better option if he is a non-smoker, if he has no eye signs, and if the gland is not very large.
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Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The I-131 treatment aims to destroy the remnant thyroid cells in the body.
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Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through the attachments (attachment removed to protect patient identity). The report only shows that your thyroid hormones are not controlled.
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