Regardless of the safety record, there is some hesitancy to prescribe amifostine because many practitioners are not convinced that the amifostine does not inhibit the radioactive iodine's efficacy ...

An alternative is administration of radioactive iodine, which goes to the thyroid and obliterates it rather quickly. These are drugs that contain iodine. Allergy to iodine and thionamide drugs is ...

A study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters has shed light on the long-range transboundary transport of radioactive iodine-129 (129I) from the Indian nuclear fuel reprocessing ...

Lori J. Wirth, MD, discusses safety data from the phase 3 SELECT trial which evaluated lenvatinib in radioactive ...

Adjuvant radioactive iodine therapy is widely used to treat well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC), but is known to result in radiation absorption by the testes, the long-term effects of ...

Thyroid scan. A technician injects a small amount of radioactive iodine into your bloodstream. Your thyroid absorbs it, and a special camera takes pictures of the gland to look for nodules or ...

Iodine has even been used to purify water, either in tablet or liquid form. Exposure to radioactive iodine isotopes can be extremely dangerous. After the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl ...

Treatment may consist of medication, a diet change, radioactive iodine therapy, or surgery. The specific type of treatment will depend on the age of the cat and any underlying health issues, the ...

Eyes High doses can cause cataracts. Thyroid Radioactive iodine can build up and cause cancer, particularly during growth. Lungs Breathing in radioisotopes can damage DNA. Stomach Radioactive ...

Diagnosis of chronic sialadenitis can readily be accomplished when the patient's history of having received radioactive iodine is factored into the patient's clinical symptomatology. Computerized ...