Isotope of Iodine

A 5-year follow-up of those randomized to receive or not receive radioiodine after thyroidectomy showed nearly the same low rates of recurrent events.

Pathologic CR to guide treatment decisions led to similar outcomes in node-positive disease

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Routine radioiodine ablation had no incremental benefit in patients with low-risk, differentiated thyroid cancer after total thyroidectomy, results from a prospective, nonrandomized study suggest.

The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. This...

Many pharmacies in Finland have run out of iodine tablets a day after the Nordic country's health ministry recommended that households purchase a single dose in a case of radiation

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The country insisted people should not panic as it upped its stockpile of iodine tablets to be taken in case of a radioactive disaster.

Ukrainians are being urged to get their hands on a supply of potassium iodide for radiation sickness in case Vladimir Putin uses a nuclear weapon. Does iodide even work? The short answer is yes – but only in one specific case.

All patients with advanced thyroid disease and most patients with incurable radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer should undergo somatic mutational testing, say experts.

At a major plant in northwestern Ukraine, officials fear that « an international disaster is just one mistake away. »

Demand surges in Europe, prices spike for iodine, potassium iodide pills amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

A retrospective database study looked at surgical risks associated with adequate lymph node yield in thyroid cancer.

Patients with hyperthyroidism had a lower risk for deadly cardiovascular events after surgery or radioactive iodine than those with ATDs, found a national cohort study.

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An F-N curve is a graphical representation of the level of societal risk generated by some activity or project.

Around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, officials have started giving out iodine tablets, which block absorption of radioactive iodine.

Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe.