Therapy

The isolation of patients during Iodine 131 therapy.

Taken from the OU course ‘Radiotherapy and its physics’ (S819)

http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/science/index.htm

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Duration : 0:4:31

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17 Responses

1. celshad Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   are the glass …
   are the glass windows in this special room are leaded?

2. mouster333 Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   Because thyroid …
   Because thyroid tissue is extremely sensitive to iodine- it absorbs it all. That is why we have iodized salt- to give us iodine- which helps us regulate our metabolism. Our thyroid uses iodine. They give us radioactive iodine so that when it is absorbed by whatever thyroid tissue is left, the tissue will be given a heavy dose of radiation, which will kill the thyroid tissue and nothing else (because the surrounding tissues don’t absorb the iodine).

3. muslikid Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   Just out of …
   Just out of interest, Does anyone know why how the pill can treat thyroid cancer if its in the neck but the pill goes to your stomach when swallowed????????

4. lopezega Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   ExZacly!!!
   ExZacly!!!

5. lopezega Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   Did nobody hear …
   Did nobody hear what that guy said YOU have to
   be locked away in a room Because your highly radioactive!!!…now come on people So your saying that if I came around selling this you’d buy it> NO! Of course not, I could be the best sales man in the world and you still wouldn’t buy it! So why do buy in when the dock say’s you have thyroid cancer. Iodine is good for the thyroid, just not radioactive iodine.
   Look up nuke pills you’ll get the idea.

6. msbarbtaylor Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   yes but you don’t …
   yes but you don’t mention how the cancer (caused by the radioactive pill) returns and is immune to futher radiation treatment..and then spreads..and kills the patient a year or two later.

7. GROOVEY1969 Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   this crap will kill …
   this crap will kill ya faster than the cancer.

8. chris28rob Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   It has also helped …
   It has also helped me, I am also going into hospital next week for treatment, so Chris good luck, and thank you for the video x

9. chris28rob Says:
   January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

   I’ve just watched …
   I’ve just watched this video and has given me a good insight into what I should expect next week when I go in for my treatment. Thank you

10. worksupermodel Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

    Great video.
    Great video.

11. kruseman44 Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

    This is INSANE …
    This is INSANE people, there is better cures that are natural.
    Go ahead and argue me, it would be a very cold day in before I get this treatment.
    I suggust you all look up Dr. Gerald Smith D.D.S. reversing cancer as well as Daniel Haleys Politics in Medicine.
    Jesus Christ!

12. baybeevicky2k7 Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

    oonce there was a …
    oonce there was a girlnamed sarah she was going to go on a date with her bf. she was walking to his house because they were going 4 a walk. then a rabid squirell bit her head off. if u do not copy and paste this to 10 other videos you will get ur head bitten off and someone who cares about u will find ur haed by a tree!

13. adam411c Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

    iodine 131 therapy …
    iodine 131 therapy is the most effective treatment available to dat for thyroid cancer. i am a nuclear medicine technologist and am highly informed about this process.

14. jeffrjones Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

    For thyroid …
    For thyroid carcinoma your options are limited. Most treatments consist of the following, usually in combination: surgical excision of cancerous tissue, external beam radiotherapy, radioiodine ablative therapy as shown in this video. Patients should not be dissuaded from what is a very successful, well tolerated, treatment modality. The video is quite good and fairly representative of this type of treatment.

15. citizendc9 Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

    I suggest anyone …
    I suggest anyone thinking of going for this do a quick search on google for the following:

    “curezone iodine”

    There is always another way. Its up to you to find it.

16. lgflorida Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

    I wish I would have …
    I wish I would have seen this video before my RAI Treatment. Thanks.

17. outatime1955 Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 1:23 am

    neat
    neat

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