Shayne R. Squires
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Shayne Squires practices Nuclear Medicine in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Squires uses procedures and treatments that apply molecular imaging and molecular therapy. Nuclear Medicine Physicians are trained and certified to provide such procedures as skeletal imaging, glucose metabolic imaging, brain perfusion, blood pool imaging, and thyroid imaging, among many others.
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What is the radioactive iodine therapy and under what cases is it normally recommended?
Radioactive 131-iodine is used to treat hyperthyroidism due to Graves disease. It is also used to treat thyroid cancer. The dose for treating Graves disease is lower than the dose for thyroid cancer. Radioactive iodine can also be chemically conjugated to antibodies used to treat lymphoma. It can be conjugated to MIBG to treat neuroendocrine tumors. Another isotope, 123-iodine, is used for diagnostic imaging in all of the above-mentioned conditions. READ MORE
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