Whether to do iodine 131 after thyroid cancer surgery needs to be decided according to the type of patient’s pathology and the patient’s condition after surgery.
The pathological result of thyroid cancer operation shows that it is undifferentiated thyroid cancer, because of high malignant degree, it is difficult to completely eliminate this kind of tumor by pure surgical treatment, so it is not possible to achieve the purpose of complete eradication, and then it is necessary to do iodine 131 treatment to kill the residual cancer cells, so as to avoid the recurrence and metastasis.
When there is a risk of recurrence after surgery, iodine 131 treatment is also needed to reduce the chance; in addition, some patients need iodine 131 to remove the lesions because they have already undergone total excision and the surgery is not suitable for reoperation.
Whether to do iodine 131 after thyroid cancer surgery needs to be judged under the guidance of doctors to avoid adverse symptoms.