Standardization of ~(131)I treatment for patients with differentiated thyroid cancers after thyroidectomy / 中国实用外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Standardization of ~(131)I treatment following thyroidectomy for DTC patients tends to be compulsory in clinical practice. However, many remains controversies concerning with the indications for ~(131)I treatment since it takes definitive effects mostly in parts of DTC patients with unresectable lesions or metastases. Standardization of ~(131)I treatment also requires proper management of radiation protection for in-patients taking high dose ~(131)I,objective and complete evaluation of treatment outcomes as well as side effects related with ~(131)I therapy, and above all, the establishment of long-term follow-up database.