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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

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Dr. Shanthi.E
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Iodine To Treat Cancer

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Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

The patient has been detected with thyroid cancer . Request you to go through the medical history ... radioactive iodine cannot be administered until the tumor is de-bulked or removed. Please have a look at... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis MD

How long after radioactive iodine is it safe to have sexual intercourse? I had 109 millicuries after a total thyroidectomy for cancer. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Ivan Romic MD

How can you know if thyroid cancer has come back how can it if you had thyroid removed what would be the symtoms and how is it treated. I had TT no iodine radiation ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivan Romic ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Ajish TP MD

I had radioactive t reatment for thyroid cancer 14 years ago, I've been reading about nascent iodine will that help me with hypothyroidisn I also take 200mcg/ synthroid daily ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ajish TP ( Endocrinologist)
Dr.  Rakesh Madhyastha MD

I am supposed to be fine. However, uterine cancer is prevalent in my family and I have just been diagnosed with early stage uterine cancer. I believe these are two totally different cancers but is there ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

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Dr. Rohan Khandelwal MD

Radioactive Iodine pills treatment. The following year (3 yrs ago) the cancer returned on some neck lymph ...Doctor, my husband is 49 yrs old, 4 yrs ago he was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid cancer,... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rohan Khandelwal ( Oncologist)
Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani MD

Hi, I m worried about my risk of getting cancer and keep asking my doctors do to general physicals ... cancer. Both my grandfathers died of prostate cancer , my grandmother on my father s side died of... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

My lymphocytes have been elevated to around 55% for two years now. I had breast cancer 6 years ago and have just completed radioactive iodine treatment for thyroid cancer. My doctor is referring me to ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Harisankar C.N.B. MD

and yellowness of skin. now they stopped the drugs and advising me to take radioactive iodine. i read this radioactive substance causes cancer. will this radioactive iodine also cause cancer? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harisankar C.N.B. ( Radiologist)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

Hi Doc,Am a Throat Cancer Patient since 2008. Since then i have undergone about half a dozen Radio-Iodine Therapies - High Dose.After a Year of Disease Free Session I had a relapse. My Current Doc is in ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)