Selected Radiation Safety Aspects Including Transportation and Lodging After Outpatient ¹³¹I Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether radioactive iodine (¹³¹I) treatments for differentiated thyroid cancer should be performed as an outpatient or inpatient remains controversial. The objective of this study was to survey selected aspects of radiation safety of patients treated with ¹³¹I for differentiated thyroid cancer as an outpatient.

Methods

An e-mail invitation was sent to over 15,000 members of ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. to complete a web-based survey on selected aspects of radiation safety regarding their last outpatient ¹³¹I treatment.

Results

A total of 1549 patients completed the survey. Forty-five percent (699/1541) of the respondents reported no discussion on the choice of an inpatient or outpatient treatment. Moreo

SUBMITTER: Gomes-Lima CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003059 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature