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Changes in Population-Level and Institutional-Level Prescribing Habits of Radioiodine Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Jacobs D, Breen CT, Pucar D, Holt E, Judson BL, Mehra S. Changes in Population-Level and Institutional-Level Prescribing Habits of Radioiodine Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid 2020, 31: 272-279. PMID: 32811347, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2020.0237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerNational Cancer DatabaseThyroid cancerRadioactive iodine therapyNumber of patientsHospital-specific effectsIodine therapyAdvanced diseaseTotal thyroidectomyRadioiodine therapyPrescribing habitsRAI useCancer DatabaseMixed regression modelsPatientsJoinpoint analysisHospitalIndividual hospitalsCancerHospital selectionNational trendsThyroidectomyTherapySignificant declineRegression models
2014
The Differential Diagnosis of Central Compartment Radioactive Iodine Uptake After Thyroidectomy: Anatomic and Surgical Considerations
Dos Reis LL, Mehra S, Scherl S, Clain J, Machac J, Urken ML. The Differential Diagnosis of Central Compartment Radioactive Iodine Uptake After Thyroidectomy: Anatomic and Surgical Considerations. Endocrine Practice 2014, 20: 832-838. PMID: 24793917, DOI: 10.4158/ep13435.ra.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenign thyroid tissueRadioactive iodine uptakeTotal thyroidectomyThyroid tissueRAI uptakeThyroid bedClinicians' understandingIodine uptakeAnatomic complexityCentral compartment nodesPostoperative RAI therapyResidual thyroid tissueExtensive surgical experienceThyroid cancer treatmentMalignant thyroid tissueImportant anatomic considerationsLateral thyroid lobesRAI therapyAdjuvant therapyRemnant ablationPosttherapy scansSurgical considerationsParathyroid glandsPostoperative scansThyroid lobe