Short-term hazards of low-dose radioiodine ablation therapy in postsurgical thyroid cancer patients

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 780-782

  Lin, Wan Yu ^a,b   Shen, Yeh You ^c   Wang, Shyh Jen ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chungtai Junior College of Medical Technology   (Taiwan)

^c SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAROTID GLAND; STOMACH PAIN; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TASTE DISORDER; THYROID CANCER; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IODOBENZENES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0029846156     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199610000-00006     Document Type: Article

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