Low Iodine Diet in I-131 Ablation of Thyroid Remnants
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 8 (3) , 123-126
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198303000-00006
Abstract
A low-iodine diet was developed for used in decreasing iodine intake and excretion in patients undergoing evaluation with radioactive I-131 for ablation of thyroid remnants as treatment for thyroid cancer. It has been demonstrated to effectively lower iodine excretion to less than 25% of basal values. Preliminary calculations suggest that such iodine depletion may be potentially useful in increasing the radiation dose per mCi of administered activity in I-131 ablative therapy.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: