Treatment with iodine 131
Creators
Description
After the surgery for thyroid cancer, radioactive iodine is administered as complementary treatment, depending on the risk factors analysis, that are necessary after the surgical intervention and the pathological exam. The patient is classified as of high risk if he presents anyone of the risk factors 7 certain as independent; of low risk, if he does not present anyone of the factors independent or controversial; and without risk, when none of the independent or not independent factors is present. In accordance with the previous classification decides the treatment type to administer this way: Ablation, ablation with low dose and ablation with high dose. The author also refers to the therapy and the conditions of obtaining a successful ablation
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Spanish)
- Tratamiento con yodo 131
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Revista Colombiana de Cancerologia
- Journal Volume
- 4
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 51-53
- ISSN
- 0123-9015
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Colombia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Colombia
- INIS RN
- 33010253
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABLATION; CARCINOMAS; IODINE 131; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; THYROID; TSH
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HORMONES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROTEINS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY