Introduction Scintigraphic evaluation of the thyroid gland enables determination of the iodine-123
iodide or the 99m Tc-pertechnetate uptake and distribution and remains the most …

Opioid tapering guidelines were created, in part, to decrease harm to patients resulting from
high-dose opioid therapy for chronic pain. However, countless “legacy patients” with chronic …

Editor’s note: SNMMI and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine periodically define
new standards/guidelines for nuclear medicine practice to help advance the science of …

The present study examined the test-retest reliability of a 32-item version of the Waterloo
Handedness Questionnaire (Steenhuis&Bryden, 1987, 1988, 1989) on 500 subjects. The …

Including target populations in the design and implementation of research trials has been
one response to the growing health disparities endemic to our health care system, as well as …

Although there is extensive evidence for impaired endocrine function in fishes exposed to
environmental chemicals, information is currently lacking on reproductive endocrine effects of …

When thyroid tissues exhibited concentrations of therapeutic 131 I that appeared to be less
than that predicted by data from the preceding diagnostic 131 I, the phenomenon was called …

Adults with COPD frequently present with dysphagia, which often leads to clinical complications
and hospital admissions. This study investigates the ability of the Eating Assessment …

Introduction This study aimed to summarise research findings on dysphagia prehabilitation
initiated before chemoradiation therapy (C)RT in head and neck cancer (HNC) including its …

There is no consensus on the amount of 131 I for treatment of patients with well-differentiated
thyroid carcinoma; usual amounts vary widely. Body retention of 131 I has been shown to …