100 - 150 milliCuries for thyroid ablation
( which detroys remnants of thyroid tissue after the gland has been surgically removed)
7 - 10 milliCuries for Graves disease..
but the Graves disease patient might very well
be more radioactive , because most of the ablative dose is excreted very quickly.
A little more info I131 has beta AND gamma emisions
gamma at something over 350 KeV , as i recall.
Sorry folks , but this isnt Chemotherapy or Bracytherapy... brachytherapy is irradiation with
sealed sources which are inside the body .
Best name for this is Nuclear Medicine Therapy.... by the way , I am a Radiation Therapist and
a Nuclear Medicine Technologist
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100 - 150 milliCuries for thyroid ablation ( which detroys remnants of thyroid tissue after the gland has been surgically removed) 7 - 10 milliCuries for Graves disease ..
but the Graves disease patient might very well
be more radioactive , because most of the ablative dose is excreted very quickly.
A little more info I131 has beta AND gamma emisions
gamma at something over 350 KeV , as i recall.
Could also be P32 , for managment of bone cancer pain ...
But then again , since P32 is a pure beta emitter ,
it might not have been picked up
Sorry folks , but this isnt Chemotherapy or Bracytherapy ... brachytherapy is irradiation with
sealed sources which are inside the body .
Best name for this is Nuclear Medicine Therapy. ... by the way , I am a Radiation Therapist and
a Nuclear Medicine Technologist