home search latest popular contact sitemap



Acne Head/Neck Eating disorders Drugs Hair Loss Anemia Schizophrenia Hemochromatosis Acute kidney failure Nail Fungus Sun Damage Foods

Treating Thyroid Cancer Is Easy to Swallow


image: Treating Thyroid Cancer Is Easy to Swallow

Source: www.nrocdoctors.com
Topic: Thyroid
Download: Click here!

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. ...

Content Inside:
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 ...

click to download Treating Thyroid Cancer Is Easy to Swallow

 

no comment

 

Submit a comment:
Name (required)
E-mail (required - never shown publicly)
URI (optional)
Your Comment
Verification Code

 

Related PDF Files:

Cancer of the Thyroid (110 time(s) downloaded)

Host: www.thyroid.org
Filed under Cancer and Thyroid
Information on the condition from the American Thyroid Association. (download)

Thyroid Cancer Facts 011807 (34 time(s) downloaded)

Host: www.thyca.org
Filed under Cancer and Thyroid
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer. Thyroid cancer is a cancerous tumor or growth located within the thyroid gland. Thyroid cancer is one of the few cancers that has increased in incidence rates over the past several years. ... (download)

Treating Thyroid Cancer Is Easy to Swallow (26 time(s) downloaded)

Host: www.nrocdoctors.com
Filed under Cancer and Thyroid
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. ... (download)