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== Don'ts ==
== Don'ts ==
*Do not administer radioactive iodine to pregnant women
*Do not administer [[Iodine-131|radioactive iodine]] to [[Pregnancy|pregnant]] women
*Do not administer radioactive iodine to nursing women
*Do not administer [[Iodine-131|radioactive iodine]] to [[nursing]] women
*Do not perform surgery with focal “berry-picking” techniques
*Do not perform surgery with focal “berry-picking” techniques

Revision as of 20:57, 20 November 2017

Do's

Thyroglobulin level monitoring

Cervical ultrasound

18FDG-PET scanning

CT scans

TSH range

  • Maintain serum TSH below 0.1 mU/L in patients with a structural incomplete response to therapy, indefinitely in the absence of specific contraindications
  • Maintain serum TSH between 0.5-2 mU/L in patients with an excellent or indeterminate response to therapy, especially those at low risk for recurrence

Surgery for nodal disease

Radioactive iodine therapy


Don'ts