Complications and long-term effects of radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer
Author: V.Ya. Rebeko, I.V. Rebeko
Reference: Медицинские Новости (Medical news) №5 2013
Keywords: long-term effects, radioiodine therapy, complication
Abstract: The Chernobyl accident in 1986 resulted in unprecedented, in its scale, increased of incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) in children and adults, flowing very aggressively, with rapid development of regional and distant metastases. [4] In complex treatment of highly differentiated form of thyroid cancer, an important role is played by radioiodine therapy to improve surgical ablation component of treatment and treatment of distant metastases. The accumulation of contingent of thyroid cancer patients, in need of radioiodine therapy, requires analysis of complications and long-term consequences that arise from this type of radiation therapy.
URL: http://www.mednovosti.by/journal.aspx?article=2967
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