Exposure to I-131 Radiation - National Cancer Institute

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	Get the Facts About Exposure to I-131 Radiation

Posted: 08/01/2003


Introduction


How Americans Were Exposed to I-131


The Search for Answers


I-131's Rapid Breakdown


The Milk Connection


About Thyroid Disease


Thyroid and I-131


Who's at Risk?


How Do Doctors Diagnose and Treat Thyroid Cancer?


Key Facts


Taking Care of Yourself

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Taking Care of Yourself

Key steps to estimating personal risk of thyroid cancer, and taking charge of personal thyroid health include:

Using the "personal risk profile" described in this brochure (see "Who's at Risk?")

Using the dose estimator on the National Cancer Institute's Web site www.cancer.gov (search keyword: I-131)

Taking this brochure to a health care professional to discuss dose estimates and steps—if any—required for further evaluation

Getting more information by calling the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER

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