Sentences with phrase «give radioactive iodine»

«That's the quandary faced by the entire health care team — for the surgeon, whether to take the lymph nodes out; for the endocrinologist, whether to give radioactive iodine, in part based on the information obtained about lymph nodes during surgery; and for the patient, whether the information and treatment will result in better survival.»

Not exact matches

«Earlier menopause has been reported in women undergoing radioactive iodine treatment, and given the finite number of primordial follicles women start with at birth, radiation injury to germinal cells is not expected to be reversible,» she cautioned.

Since the thyroid absorbs nearly all of the iodine in the human body, radioactive iodine given to a patient will concentrate in thyroid cancer cells, killing them with little effect on the rest of the body.

However, the individual was given intravenous radioactive iodine — which is toxic.

When an injection of radioactive iodine is given, it destroys the abnormal thyroid tissue without endangering other organs.

Oral anti-thyroid drugs are used to control hyperthyroidism and must be given daily, whereas surgical thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine therapy are designed to provide permanent solutions.

The radioactive iodine is administered as a single injection, usually simply given under the skin.

An oral dose is given in a controlled treatment facility; the radioactive iodine concentrates in the thyroid gland, destroying some of the gland and thereby restoring it back to a normal state.

A single injection is given subcutaneously (i.e. under the skin, like a vaccine) and the radioactive iodine is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream.