Dedicated at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, on Oct. 8, 2021. On a spring day in Boston in 1941, a young doctor from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) met a woman for a drink. But this was ...

Potassium iodide (KI) is a type of iodine a person may receive during a radiation emergency. It works by preventing the thyroid from absorbing a type of radioactive material. KI is a type of medical ...

New UK guidelines for the treatment of hyperthyroidism, including Graves' disease, place heavier emphasis on the use of radioactive iodine as the frontline treatment for patients unlikely to remain ...

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Radiation treatment following surgery can be safely omitted in thyroid cancer patients whose disease is at low risk of ...