Of the four main types of thyroid cancer, the vast majority are differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Radioiodine (I-131) therapy has been used in the management of patients with DTC since the first ...

Although this review deals primarily with the treatment of thyroid cancer, treatment of patients with hyperthyroidism is evolving. In the UK many clinical oncologists do not wish to continue to treat ...

Doctors have used radioiodine therapy, a type of nuclear medicine treatment, since the 1940s. Now, a new generation of radiopharmaceuticals offers expanded treatment options for people with some types ...

You will probably not need to change out of your street clothes. Once in the scanning room, you will lie flat on a table that slides into the scanner. During the procedure, the scanner will come close ...

Let’s start with a story: the case of a young patient. A customer of 36-year-old woman banking professional was told her that there was a swelling in her neck that became prominent whenever she looked ...

Nuclear medicine is the branch of medicine that involves the administration of radioactive substances in order to diagnose and treat disease. The scans performed in nuclear medicine are carried out by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 2005, a 67-year-old woman with hypertension was referred to the endocrine clinic for a thyroid nodule found ...

Bone scans are a nuclear medicine study used to evaluate abnormalities involving bones and joints and can be used to detect diseases of the bone at an early stage. A radioactive substance (used as a ...

Medullary thyroid cancer is another variant not related to the production of thyroxine; instead it is a tumor of the calcitonin-secreting cells and treatment should be along different lines, using ...

This publication is a modern-day guide for the application of nuclear medicine in the management of thyroid cancer. The use of thyroid scanning has long been central to the diagnosis, treatment and ...