Open AccessA Functional Scoring System Based on Salivary Gland Scintigraphy for Evaluating Salivary Gland Dysfunction Secondary to 131I therapy in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Yasuhiro Maruoka,
Shingo Baba,
Takuro Isoda,
Yoshihisa Kitamura,
Koichiro Abe,
Masayuki Sasaki,
Hiroshi Honda
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/27340.10431
Subject(s) - medicine , salivary gland , scintigraphy , thyroid , dry mouth , odds ratio , univariate analysis , gastroenterology , radioiodine therapy , logistic regression , submandibular gland , salivary gland cancer , thyroid cancer , multivariate analysis , oncology , saliva
Radioiodine therapy with 131 I ( 131 I therapy) after total or near-total thyroidectomy has been established as an effective treatment for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (DTC), but can induce dry mouth symptoms by salivary gland damage and impair the patients' quality of life.