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. 1983 Mar;8(3):123-6.
doi: 10.1097/00003072-198303000-00006.

Low iodine diet in I-131 ablation of thyroid remnants

H R Maxon, S R Thomas, A Boehringer, J Drilling, M I Sperling, J C Sparks, I W Chen

Low iodine diet in I-131 ablation of thyroid remnants

H R Maxon et al. Clin Nucl Med. 1983 Mar.

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.

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