Indication and contraindications for treatment of thyroid cancer with radioactive iodine.

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Article1 July 1952INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF THYROID CANCER WITH RADIOACTIVE IODINEWILLIAM H. BEIERWALTES, M.D.WILLIAM H. BEIERWALTES, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-1-23 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTen years have now elapsed since the first patient with carcinoma of the thyroid was treated with radioactive iodine.1More than 250 thyroid carcinoma patients have been treated since then with radioactive iodine, I131.2Review of the literature and our experience in treating 24 such patients have indicated certain criteria to be of definite value in the selection of patients for I131therapy. Lack of regard for these criteria has, in our hands, led to wasteful use of I131and rise of false hopes in the thyroid cancer patient. It is the purpose of this discussion, therefore, to review these...Bibliography1. FrantzLarsenJaretzki VKWGA: An evaluation of radioactive iodine therapy in metastatic thyroid cancer, J. Clin. Endocrinol. 10: 1084, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Brucer M: Internally administered isotopes for cancer therapy, Nucleonics 10: 47, 1952. Google Scholar3. RawsonMarinelliSkanseTrunnellFluharty RWLDBNJRG: The effect of total thyroidectomy on the function of metastatic thyroid cancer, J. Clin. Endocrinol. 8: 826, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. RawsonRallPeacock RWJEW(a) : Limitations and indications in the treatment of cancer of the thyroid with radioactive iodine, J. Clin. Endocrinol. 11: 1128, 1951. (b) Dobyns, B. M., and Maloof, F.: The study and treatment of 119 cases of carcinoma of the thyroid with radioactive iodine, J. Clin. Endocrinol. 11: 1323, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Trunnell JB: The treatment of human thyroid disease with radioactive iodine, Tr. New York Acad. Sc. 11: 195, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. KeatingHainesPowerWilliams FRSFMHMM: Radioiodine-accumulating function of human thyroid gland as diagnostic test in clinical medicine, J. Clin. Endocrinol. 10: 1425, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MeansLerman JHJ: The curves of thyroxine decay in myxedema and of iodine response in thyrotoxicosis: their similarity and its possible significance, Ann. Int. Med. 12: 811, 1938. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, Michigan*Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, April 23, 1952.From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School. The radioactive iodine used in this investigation was supplied by the Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and was obtained under allocation from the United States Atomic Energy Commission. These studies were assisted by a grant from the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, University of Michigan. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySurgical Management of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Locally Invasive to the Respiratory TractThe treatment of thyroid carcinoma with radioactive iodineIsotope und SchilddrüseCancer of the ThyroidRadiojod in Diagnostik und Therapie der SchilddrüsenneoplasmenDie malignen SchilddrüsentumorenTherapie der Schilddrüse mit RadiojodKrankheiten der SchilddrüseRADIO‐ACTIVE IODINE (I 131 ) AND PROTEIN‐BOUND IODINE IN THYROID DISORDERS 1 July 1952Volume 37, Issue 1Page: 23-30KeywordsCancer treatmentThyroidThyroid carcinoma Issue Published: 1 July 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...