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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Thyroid gland -- Cancer"”.
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Lifestyle Etiology Of Thyroid Cancer In A Multiethnic Population
Thyroid cancer is ranked 9th cancer in the world, 12th in the United States and in the top 10 for Hawaii. It is the most common endocrine cancer and the most common in persons under 40 years old, with an over 98% 5-year survival. Globally the age standardized incidence rates have been going up in …
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Predictive modelling of external dose rate from radionuclide therapy patients following discharge from hospital
Background: Di erentiated thyroid carcinoma patients undergo thyroidectomy, followed by radiodine ablation in hypothyroid or euthyroid state. Several attempts were made to predict the external dose rate, however, there is a lack of accuracy in predictions from existing models of dose rate decay. …