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Learn about follicular thyroid cancer treatments

Radioactive Iodine for Thyroid Cancer

Radioactive iodine therapy is used after a thyroidectomy to treat two types of thyroid cancer: papillary thyroid cancer and follicular thyroid cancer. Radioactive iodine is also called radioiodine remnant ablation, and you may hear your doctor refer to it by that name.

Thyroid Cancer: Follicular Cancer

This page includes more advanced information on a specific type of thyroid cancer: follicular thyroid cancer. Please read our Introduction to Thyroid Cancer first, which gives a general overview of all types of thyroid cancer .
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