Can thyroid cancer be treated with 131 iodine?

  Patient: The main symptoms are lymph node mass on the left side, difficulty in breathing in the lungs, and pain in the cervical spine. In 2000, the first thyroid cancer on the left side was removed and the surrounding lymph was cleared, and lung metastases were found, and the lymph on the left side of the neck recurred many times after surgery, and local surgical resection was done. Can I go to your hospital for 131 iodine treatment?  Long Bin, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital: Hello! Iodine-131 treatment presupposes that the pathological type after surgery is papillary or follicular thyroid cancer. I don’t know what your family’s pathology is after the surgery, so we suggest you come to our nuclear medicine department and bring the information of previous treatment. We are available Monday through Friday during business hours.  Patient: My mother’s pathology is papillary carcinoma. She had her right thyroid gland removed on April 20 and was discharged from the hospital on April 25. Is it possible to make an appointment with you in advance? If so, how can I contact you at the hospital? Thank you!  Long Bin, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital: In view of your mother’s current condition, it is advisable to have iodine-131 treatment as early as possible.