Inappropriate Use of Radioactive Iodine for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer Is Most Common in Regions with Poor Access to Healthcare

Thyroid. 2015 Jul;25(7):865-6. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0112. Epub 2015 May 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • Carcinoma / radiotherapy*
  • Carcinoma, Papillary
  • Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / therapeutic use*
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • SEER Program
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Thyroidectomy*
  • Tumor Burden
  • United States

Substances

  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals