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A nuclear medicine thyroid cancer ablation is used to ablate residual thyroid tissue after a thyroidectomy and used to ablate reoccurrence of thyroid cancer.
Exam Preparation
- A CDI representative will call you prior to your appointment to provide specific instruction, and review health and insurance information.
- Please bring previous imaging study results (x-ray, MRI, CT, etc.) such as reports, films, and CD-ROMS, if available.
- Please arrive 15 minutes early to verify your registration and health information.
- Please notify a CDI representative if there is a chance you could be pregnant.
During the exam – what to expect
- This is a two-day exam. The first day will take approximately 30 minutes.
- You will be given a list of instructions that you will be asked to sign and to follow for several days following the treatment.
- A radiologist specialized in nuclear medicine will talk to you about the treatment, instructions and answer any questions you may have.
- You will be given a capsule to swallow and asked not to have anything to eat or drink for 1 hour following the treatment.
- The second day of the exam occurs a week after you take the treatment.
- You will lie comfortably on a scan table. You will be imaged from head to toe with a gamma camera.
After the exam – what to expect
- A radiologist who specializes in a specific area of the body will review your images.
- The radiologist prepares a diagnostic report to share with your doctor.
- Your doctor will consider this information in context of your overall care, and talk with you about the results.
- Most of the radioactivity passes out of your body in urine or stool. The rest simply disappear through natural loss of radioactivity over time.
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