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Hi Julie I am Michelle 43 marrried mother of 6 and have just had two surgeries to remove my cancerous thyroid I had three different cancers 3 5 cm follicular carcinoma oncocytic grossly encapsulated minimally invasive with no vascular invasion 2 mm papillary carcinoma solid variant and a 1 2 mm follicular variant of papillary carcinoma
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HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RADIATION AND RAI: If you have been exposed to RAI (Radioactive Iodine) due to your Thyroid Cancer treatment or due to the ablation of your thyroid because of an autoimmune disease like Graves Disease then you know all too well what the "short term effects" of RAI treatment may include
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Using radioactive iodine as a follow-up treatment to thyroid cancer surgery increases the risk of a patient developing acute myeloid leukemia and having a poorer outcome a study reports Researchers presented the findings at the Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Madrid
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So two take home messages One is that the use of radioactive iodine in thyroid cancer patients should be done on the basis on a comprehensive benefit-risk analysis preferably avoiding the use of radioactive iodine in low or intermediate risk patients who do not have sufficient criteria to justify the use radioactive radiation And second in
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Treatment for thyroid cancer depends on the type of thyroid cancer you have and how far it has spread The main treatments are: a thyroidectomy – surgery to remove part or all of the thyroid radioactive iodine treatment – you swallow a radioactive substance that travels through your blood and kills the cancer cells
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Due to some other health issues they had to wait to do the radioactive iodine treatment I have been off the thyroid meds for 5 weeks and on a low-iodine diet Yesterday I had my first radioactive iodine pill in preparation for a thyroid and body scan in the morning In addition they will be giving me a high dose radioactive iodine pill and I
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For low-iodine recipes visit the Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association Low-Iodine Cookbook Receiving Radioactive Iodine Treatment After preparing your body for radioactive iodine therapy your doctor will give you a very small amount of iodine to see if there are any pieces of thyroid remaining After one day your doctor will scan your neck
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Anderson C Engel SM Weaver MA et al Birth rates after radioactive iodine treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer Int J Cancer 2017 141:2291 Sawka AM Lea J Alshehri B et al A systematic review of the gonadal effects of therapeutic radioactive iodine in male thyroid cancer survivors Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2008 68:610
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Foods to Enjoy Unsalted roasted nuts and seeds are an excellent low-iodine source of protein Legumes are good and beans except for cowpeas lima beans navy beans pinto beans red kidney beans and soy beans the Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association cautions 1 Fresh fruits and vegetables are all allowed and dark green vegetables like spinach and broccoli contain
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For patients with low-risk thyroid cancer ablation when indicated could be achieved with 1 1 GBq radioactive iodine after recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone (rhTSH) injections as this combination reduces whole body irradiation and maintains quality of life according to findings published in The Lancet Diabetes/Endocrinology The ESTIMABL1 (ClinicalTrials gov
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Information for Patients Administered Radioactive Iodine (I-131) On this page: Background Brochure – What You Should Know About Treatments With Radioactive Drugs Information Background This web page provides patients with information and links to medical and patient advocacy references about Iodine-131 (I-131) treatments This web page
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Background For patients with well‐differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) the gonadal effects of radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy is an important consideration Objective and methods We systematically reviewed the controlled studies examining the gonadal effects of RAI therapy in male WDTC survivors We searched in nine electronic databases All abstracts and papers
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Background Adjuvant treatment with radioactive iodine (RAI) is often considered in the treatment of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) We explored the recollections of thyroid cancer survivors on the diagnosis of WDTC adjuvant radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment and decision-making related to RAI treatment Participants provided recommendations for healthcare
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Risk of second primary malignancy in differentiated thyroid carcinoma treated with radioactive iodine therapy therapy and risk of nonsynchronous second primary malignancy and to examine whether the risk of nonsynchronous second primary malignancy in differentiated thyroid cancer survivors treated with radioiodine therapy is increased relative to the general
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Background For patients with well‐differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) the gonadal effects of radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy is an important consideration Objective and methods We systematically reviewed the controlled studies examining the gonadal effects of RAI therapy in male WDTC survivors We searched in nine electronic databases All abstracts and papers
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Primary hyperparathyroidism is a very rare complication following radioactive iodine therapy There is typically a latency period of more than a decade following radiation exposure and therefore it is observed almost exclusively in adults Consequently pediatricians are not aware of the association We present a case of primary hyperparathyroidism due to a solitary
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I had a car wreck which was followed by an ultrasound and CT scan of my lungs which found a 6 cm mass on both sides of my thyroid I then went to an endocrinologist and she said that it was probably nothing but decided to do a fine needle aspiration: both lobes had cancer I had a total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine No further
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