Outpatient administration of radioactive iodine after total thyroidectomy for pediatric thyroid cancer: A report of three cases

Therapeutic outcome and prognosis in young patients with papillary and follicular thyroid cancer

“…To avoid the complications and adverse effects of adjuvant therapies in young patients, conservative surgical procedures or postoperative therapeutic modalities have been recommended [7,8]. Factors such as the dose of radioactive iodide ( 131 I) and difficulty in isolating young patients usually make therapeutic planning difficult [9,10]. Furthermore, growth and development in young patients and pregnancy in the follow-up period usually interrupt the treatment schedule.…”