Association Between Pregnancy Outcomes and Radioactive Iodine Treatment After Thyroidectomy Among Women With Thyroid Cancer | Zendy

Hye Ok Kim | Zendy; Kyungjong Lee | Zendy; Sang Moo Lee | Zendy; Gi Hyeon Seo | Zendy

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Association Between Pregnancy Outcomes and Radioactive Iodine Treatment After Thyroidectomy Among Women With Thyroid Cancer

Author(s) -

Hye Ok Kim,

Kyungjong Lee,

Sang Moo Lee,

Gi Hyeon Seo

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4644

Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , thyroidectomy , pregnancy , obstetrics , cohort , thyroid , population , cohort study , gynecology , environmental health , genetics , biology

Current guidelines recommend that women delay pregnancy for 6 to 12 months after the receipt of radioactive iodine treatment (RAIT) following thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Although concerns exist regarding the risks associated with pregnancy after RAIT, no large-scale study, to date, has investigated the association between RAIT and pregnancy outcomes.

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