title: Aspects of timing and selection of cases in radioiodine therapy and percutaneous irradiation of well differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid.
abstract: 142 patients with well differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid were treated postoperatively by radioiodine and percutaneous irradiation according to a fixed schedule. Institution of radioiodine treatment and percutaneous irradiation within 6 months after surgery resulted in a low incidence of local tumor recurrences or of newly formed metastases, and in a high survival rate. Criteria are given, by which postoperative percutaneous irradiation may be omitted without risking impairment of therapeutical results.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes