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48. Radioiodine therapy in the diseases of the thyroid gland.

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  • Radiotherapy
    • Patients must follow rules to avoid radiation burden for other people
      • Like keeping distance from people, etc
  • Therapy of thyroid diseases
    • Iodine-131
      • Given orally, is taken up by thyroid cells, where it is trapped
      • Decays into
        • Beta radiation -> damages thyroid tissue
        • Gamma radiation -> can be detected with gamma camera
      • Indications
        • Post-thyroidectomy due to cancer
          • Especially when the whole thyroid hasn’t been removed to preserve the parathyroids
        • Metastatic thyroic cancer
        • Thyroid ablation in hyperthyroidism
  • Therapy of other cancers
    • Radium-223 – produces alpha radiation
      • Prostate cancer
      • Bone metastases