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Treating Thyroid Cancer Is Easy to Swallow

Source: www.nrocdoctors.com
Topic: Thyroid
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Sort Desciption: Iodine I131 is a radioactive form of iodine that destroys thyroid cancer cells that may remain after the removal of a cancerous thyroid gland. It is a non-invasive therapy which is given as an easily swallowed capsule. ...

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The team of physicians at Northeast Radiation Oncology Center (NROC) provides radioactive iodine treatment (I131 ) for people who require this highly specialized treatment and follow-up care after the removal of their thyroid cancer. Mercy Hospital in Scranton, which is a partner with the physicians at NROC, is the only facility in Lackawanna County licensed and equipped for the inpatient stay that is necessary for this treatment procedure. Iodine I131 is a radioactive form of iodine that destroys thyroid cancer cells that may remain after the removal of a cancerous thyroid gland. It is a non-invasive therapy which is given as an easily swallowed capsule. Because the capsule of iodine contains a highly radioactive substance, the patient must be cared for and monitored in a facility licensed and equipped to control such radioactive material, such as Mercy Hospital in Scranton, so no one else is unnecessarily exposed to the radioactive material. Iodine I131 is quickly absorbed by the thyroid ...

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