The protocol and evaluation of I therapy have already been established, and it is quite effective in general for patients with metastatic thyroid cancer under 40 years old with fine or occult type of pulmonary metasta...The protocol and evaluation of I therapy have already been established, and it is quite effective in general for patients with metastatic thyroid cancer under 40 years old with fine or occult type of pulmonary metastases (papillary adenocarcinoma). However, the response of bone metastasis to I therapy is limited to only a part of tumors and is temporary in most cases although high I accumulation is visualized on scintigram. We have encountered a 65-year-old man with thyroid cancer. At the age of 61, follicular thyroid cancer with multiple bone metastasis was diagnosed, total thyroidectomy was carried out, and subsequently I therapy was performed. Bone pain diminished展开更多
文摘The protocol and evaluation of I therapy have already been established, and it is quite effective in general for patients with metastatic thyroid cancer under 40 years old with fine or occult type of pulmonary metastases (papillary adenocarcinoma). However, the response of bone metastasis to I therapy is limited to only a part of tumors and is temporary in most cases although high I accumulation is visualized on scintigram. We have encountered a 65-year-old man with thyroid cancer. At the age of 61, follicular thyroid cancer with multiple bone metastasis was diagnosed, total thyroidectomy was carried out, and subsequently I therapy was performed. Bone pain diminished
