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Learn about Papillary Thyroid Cancer

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 Symptoms

Thyroid cancer doesn't always have symptoms, so it can be hard to detect and diagnose. In fact, some of the possible symptoms aren't actually caused by thyroid cancer itself. Instead, these symptoms can be caused by a thyroid nodule—and thyroid nodules aren't necessarily cancerous.

Papillary Cancer

This page includes more advanced information on a specific type of thyroid cancer. . .
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