What is the cost of radioactive iodine treatment for thyroid cancer?
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They usually use radioactive iodine isotopes as tracers, Go to Google and type in Association of Oncology social work. I believe you are speaking of Lymphoma. There is some help I believe, you just have to look for it.
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I had hyperthyroidism and just had radioactive iodine treatment which was supplied at the local hospital in April. It was given in 2 capsules. If you have thyroid cancer, then surgery is usually performed and the thyroid is removed. Go to about.com and type in thyroid cancer! There you will find alot of info on the subject.
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Its probably pretty expensive. You can call the office of your radiation oncologist and he/she can tell you the exact amount. Ridiculous as it sounds, all you have to do is swallow about 2-3 big white pills and thats it. Your radioactive as all get out for about 24 hours and then it simmers down. Everything you touch, every glass you drink from and everywhere you sit becomes radioactive until the whole thing wears off. We used to have patients come to the hospital for the treatment in Illinois until about last year and then decided to join all the other states in the union and now have our patients take an anti-emetic then about an hour later swallow the pills and go home. They follow up for scans in about 2 weeks. If you have already had a thyroidectomy then its time to finish your treatment with the radiation. Thyroid cancer is very treatable, but only if you do the whole thing.
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I don't know where you live.. but.. I'm in Scarborough, On. Cananda. It was covered by OHIP. I was told that it was 1000.00 dollars for the vile. Which was about the size of an once jar. Quite small! I had RAI treatment in November for thyroid cancer.
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