Selected Controversies of Radioiodine Imaging and Therapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. [Review]

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Citation: Endocrinology & Metabolism Clinics of North America. 46(3):783-793, 2017 SepPMID: 28760238Institution: MedStar Washington Hospital CenterDepartment: Medicine/Nuclear MedicineForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal Article | ReviewSubject headings: *Iodine Radioisotopes | *Thyroid Neoplasms/dg [Diagnostic Imaging] | Humans | Thyroid Hormones | Thyrotropin/tu [Therapeutic Use]Year: 2017Local holdings: Available online from MWHC library: 1996 - presentISSN:
  • 0889-8529
Name of journal: Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North AmericaAbstract: Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.This article discusses the more controversial areas of the management of differentiated thyroid cancer, namely, the utility of pretherapy staging radioiodine scans; the prescribed activity for iodine-131 remnant ablation, adjuvant treatment, and distant metastases; preparation with thyroid hormone withdrawal versus recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone; and the classification of radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer. The author reviews various aspects of the controversies, such as the recommendations of the 2015 guidelines of the American Thyroid Association, arguments for and against the various controversies, and selected references.All authors: Van Nostrand DFiscal year: FY2018Digital Object Identifier: Date added to catalog: 2017-08-04
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This article discusses the more controversial areas of the management of differentiated thyroid cancer, namely, the utility of pretherapy staging radioiodine scans; the prescribed activity for iodine-131 remnant ablation, adjuvant treatment, and distant metastases; preparation with thyroid hormone withdrawal versus recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone; and the classification of radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer. The author reviews various aspects of the controversies, such as the recommendations of the 2015 guidelines of the American Thyroid Association, arguments for and against the various controversies, and selected references.

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