I-131, also known as radioiodine or sodium iodine i-131, is a radioactive iodine used to treat forms of thyroid cancer. This iodine is ingested and then absorbed into the bloodstream via the GI tract. The thyroid gland will pick it up and be killed off by the iodine. The destruction of the gland’s tissue will [...]
Radioactive Iodine, also known as I-131, is a form of radiation therapy used to treat thyroid cancer. This type of radiotherapy is called internal radiotherapy. According to the American Cancer Society, “this treatment can be used to destroy (ablate) any thyroid tissue not removed by surgery or to treat thyroid cancer that has spread to [...]
Several years after the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the incidence of thyroid cancer rose among local children. Local authorities have recognized only thyroid cancer as being caused by the nuclear accident. The butterfly-shaped thyroid gland is located just below the Adam’s apple and is attached to the trachea. The thyroid gland produces thyroid [...]
As a diagnostic tool and as a treatment for hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer, radioactive iodine has helped countless people recover from thyroid diseases. Yet, despite its glowing role in modern medicine, exposure to this powerful substance can surreptitiously lead to thyroid cancer. Knowledge of this comes from studies of populations exposed to the isotope I-131 [...]
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MTC) represents a unique and complex surgical challenge. Although the mainstay of treatment remains total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection,recent work has suggested that in patients with palpable disease, bilateral neck dissections are important in controlling regional nodal micrometastasis. Calcitonin measurement allows for recognition of persistent and recurrent disease postoperatively. [...]
The most common type of thyroid carcinoma is papillary carcinoma. About 80% to 85% of thyroid cancers are papillary carcinomas (also called papillary cancer or papillary adenocarcinoma). Papillary carcinomas develop from the thyroid follicle cells and typically grow very slowly. Usually they occur in only one lobe of the thyroid gland, but about 10% to [...]
Nexavar is indicated for the treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Nexavar is indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Mechanism of Action: Sorafenib is a multikinase inhibitor that decreases tumor cell proliferation in vitro. Sorafenib inhibited tumor growth of the murine renal cell carcinoma, RENCA, and several [...]
Thyroid cancer accounts for an estimated 14,000 new cancer cases and more than 1,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.The annual incidence is about 4/100,000 population. Women account for 77% of new cases and 61% of deaths. Current overall 5-year survival with treatment is 95% in whites and 90% in blacks, but is much lower [...]
Hypothyroidism occurs when too little thyroid hormone is present in the body. Symptoms include feeling tired or slow, feeling cold, depressed, drowsy or lethargic, a slow heart rate, poor memory, difficulty concentrating, muscle cramping, weight gain, husky voice, thinning hair, heavy menstrual flow, milky discharge from the breasts, and infertility. Hypothyroidism affects about three million [...]
A risk factor is anything that affects a person’s chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Different cancers have different risk factors. For example, smoking is a risk factor for cancers of the lung, mouth, larynx (voice box), bladder, kidney, and several other organs. But risk factors don’t tell us everything. Having a risk [...]
