Open AccessPrimary lung cancer with radioiodine avidity: A thyroid cancer cohort study
Author(s) -
Yuling Lu,
Szu-Tah Chen,
Tsung-Ying Ho,
WenHui Chan,
Richard J. Wong,
Chuen Hsueh,
Shu-Fu Lin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i1.71
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , avidity , lung cancer , cancer , thyroid , oncology , cohort , cohort study , immunology , antibody
A proportion of lung cancers show sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) expression. Lung cancers with NIS expression may uptake radioiodine (RAI) and show RAI-avid lesions on RAI scan for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) surveillance.