title: Cure rate after 131I therapy for hyperthyroidism.
abstract: The cure rate of hyperthyroidism after 131I therapy was analysed in 4 473 patients, aged between 14 and 91 years, treated between 1951 and 1975. Despite unchanged treatment principles, the cumulative incidence of cure increased for each 5-year period. Within the first 4 months 34 per cent of the patients with diffuse thyroid glands treated during 1951-1955 were cured, as compared with 59 per cent of those treated 1971-1975, i.e. an increment by a factor of 1.7. The corresponding figures for patients with nodular thyroid glands were 23 and 54 per cent, respectively, or a factor of 2.3.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size / Q000528:radiation effects; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes