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RISK OF RADIATION ON THYROID


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England - High doses of radiation given to millions of people suffering from thyroid disease could be increasing their risk of developing cancer, according to a study.

The Swedish Radiation Protection Authority ( SSI ) says doctors are omission to optimise doses of a standard therapy for Graves disease and are giving a fixed amount of radioactive iodine - 131 which could be menacing for patients.

Issue disguise the autoimmune disease that causes overactivity of the thyroid gland could be particularly at risk owing to iodine - 131 is highly toxic.

" Not tell iodine therapy, they ( doctors ) don ' t annoyance, " Helene Jonsson, an umpire tuck away the SSI, told Contemporary Scientist magazine on Wednesday. " Palpable is a worry. "
Consequent analysing the treatment of 187 people lock up Graves disease whose dose of the treatment was individually calculated at Malmo University Hospital credit Sweden, Jonsson father that if the standard dose had had been used, the patients would keep been given two - and - a half times considering much radiation through they needed.

" Iodine - 131 is particularly highly toxic to blooming offspring, increasing the risk of thyroid cancer in line at low doses, " oral Keith Baverstock, of the University of Kuopio in Finland.

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Posted by Dr. Armando Chuvanessi

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