What is radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer? - Dr. Anil Kamath

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Surgery forms the mainstay of all these thyroid cancers. But in certain types of these cancers, additional treatment called radiation therapy is required.
Radiation therapy is done by the nuclear medicine department in which a small amount of radiation is initially administered to the patient about four weeks after the surgery.
Now this radiation goes and concentrate on which ever areas there are thyroid tissues remaining. This might be in the thyroid bed of the operated area or it can be in the lymph nodes.
If the radiation is showing concentration in various areas the patient is subsequently given a higher dose of radioiodine to destroy the tissue.
In some situations, your doctors may not ask you to take thyroid hormone tablets until after your surgery and radioactive iodine treatment have finished.

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