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Role of radioactive 131I therapy in well differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

Subjects

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Tags

Nuclear Medicine

Advisors

Mussttafa, Husna M., Khalaf-Allah, Khaled

Authors

El-Sayed, Huda Fatthi

Accessioned

2017-03-30 06:23:14

Available

2017-03-30 06:23:14

type

M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

Well differentiated thyroid carcinoma is the most common tumor of the thyroid gland, it's potentially curable disease. Patients are treated usually by surgery followed by radioiodine according to their risk stratification. The patients are given El- troxin as a replacement suppression therapy and stopped for 4 weeks before whole body scanning with radioiodine.

Issued

1 Jan 2005

Details

Type

Thesis

Created At

28 Jan 2023