A practical method of I-131 thyroid cancer therapy dose optimization using estimated effective renal clearance
Howard, Brandon A;James, Olga G;Perkins, Jennifer M;Pagnanelli, Robert A;Borges-Neto, Salvador;Reiman, Robert E;
sage open medical case reports2017Vol. 5pp. -
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howard2017asage
Abstract
In thyroid cancer patients with renal impairment or other complicating factors, it is important to maximize I-131 therapy efficacy while minimizing bone marrow and lung damage. We developed a web-based calculator based on a modified Benua and Leeper method to calculate the maximum I-131 dose to reduce the risk of these toxicities, based on the effective renal clearance of I-123 as measured from two whole-body I-123 scans, performed at 0 and 24 h post-administration.