Nuclear Medicine Quizzes Online & Trivia

C is the correct answer. I-131 is given as treatment to people who have thyroid cancer who had undergone surgery to remove any thyroid tissue that can contain cancer cells that doctors could not remove in an operation. Patients are given I-131 or also known as RAI to further eliminate thyroid cancer cells and prevent them in spreading to other parts of the body. It can be swallowed or injected as it will be absorbed in the bloodstream to the thyroid tissues. I-131 has radiation so it can effectively kill both thyroid normal and cancer cells without being harmful to the body. It is advisable for the patients who are in the process of taking I-131 to isolate themselves in hospitals as they contain radiation.

The clinical properties of I-131 are due Half-life of the isotope

131-I can be delivered even as Injectable fluid, so the answer you propose, which is only pills, is incorrect

The AP scout film of the abdomen and pelvis shows surgical clips in the right upper quadrant.

The answer is a