Finding:

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   Iodine

   Iodized salt is fortified with iodine. ... Human exposure to radioactive iodine will cause thyroid uptake, as with all iodine, leading to elevated chances of thyroid cancer.
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   Thyroid cancer

   As thyroid cancer can take up iodine, radioactive iodine is commonly used to treat thyroid carcinomas, followed by TSH suppression by thyroxine therapy.
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   Iodine-125

   Iodine-125 (125I) is a radioisotope of iodine which has uses in biological assays and in radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer and brain tumors.
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   Prostate cancer

   Permanent implant brachytherapy is a popular treatment choice for patients with low to intermediate risk features, can be performed on an outpatient basis, and is associated with good 10-year outcomes with relatively low morbidity It involves the placement of about 100 small "seeds" containing radioactive material (such as iodine-125 or palladium-103) with a needle through the skin of the perineum directly into the tumor while under spinal or general anesthetic. ... ↑ Strum SB, Pogliano D (May 2005), "What every doctor who treats male patients should know", PCRI Insights 8(2): 4–5, < http://www.prostate-cancer.org/resource/pdf/Is8-2.pdf>
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   Lugol's iodine

   Normal vaginal tissue stains brown due to its high starch content, while tissue suspicious for cancer does not stain, and thus appears pale compared to the surrounding tissue. ... Iodine
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   Lung cancer

   Radioactive iodine brachytherapy at the margins of wedge excision may reduce recurrence to that of lobectomy. ... "Lung cancer in never smokers: a review".
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   Iodine-131

   National Cancer Institute. ... Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Radiation Exposure from Iodine 131
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   Potassium iodide

   It is produced industrially by treating KOH with iodine. ... Approximately 18 million doses were distributed, with follow-up studies showing no known thyroid cancer among KI recipients.
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   Thyroid

   Significance of iodine ... A complete thyroidectomy of the entire thyroid, including associated lymph nodes, is the preferred treatment for thyroid cancer.
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    Nutrition

    Iodine required for the biosynthesis of thyroxin ... | isothiocyanates | cruciferous vegetables | cancer prevention |

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Iodine,
• Thyroid cancer,
• Iodine-125,
• Prostate cancer,
• Lugol's iodine,
• Lung cancer,
• Iodine-131,
• Potassium iodide,
• Thyroid,
• Nutrition