Nuclear medicine can help diagnose and treat different conditions, including some forms of cancer. In nuclear medicine, doctors put small amounts of radioactive material into your body so they can see ...

The rising incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma over the past several decades is due to many different factors. 1 In addition to more vigilant clinical surveillance leading to detection of ...

In the radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) test, you swallow a small amount of radioactive iodine before you receive a scan. The test reveals how well your thyroid is functioning. The thyroid is a gland ...