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Is a radioactive iodine uptake test needed to rule out thyroid cancer?
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No: Radioactive iodine scans used to be used for that purpose, but are not accurate enough. Ultrasound followed by fine needle aspiration biopsy is the best test.
Answered 1/11/2018
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No: Radioactive iodine test is of little or no value in the evaluation for thyroid cancer. Ultrasound and biopsy are much more important.
Answered 1/11/2018
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RAI scan and cancer: RAI scans USED to be used to diagnose dancer of the thyroid. This is arcane and has been supplanted by ultrasound guided thyroid needle biopsy. The only exception would by a thyroid nodule in a hyperthyroid patient.
Answered 1/11/2018
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