PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA IN A LACTATING MOTHER
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lodine-131 therapy, thyroid cancer, lactationAbstract
Radioiodine ablation of post-thyroidectomy remnant was delayed successfully in a lactating mother suffering from papillary carcinoma of thyroid gland. However, daily dose of thyroxine (100 micrograms per day) was enough to suppress her cancer for many months as shown in the case reported below documented by clinical followups and whole body scans
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