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PET shows thyroid cancer metastasis

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Thyroid cancer is different from most adult cancers in that it affects mainly young people (two out of every three cases occur in patients 20 to 55 years old). Initial diagnosis usually is done by fine-needle aspiration biopsy, and long-term follow-up often consists of some form of radioactive iodine whole-body scanning technique. However, radioactive iodine usually reveals cancer only inside the thyroid bed — but not outside it, where the cancer also can spread — and some thyroid cancers will not take up radioactive iodine at all. Dr. Ali S. Alzahrani from King Faisal Specialist Hospital...Read full article

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    Published: July 2008
    BiophotonicsFrom The Clinicneedle aspiration biopsyradioiodine whole-body scanningThyroid cancer

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