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Iodine
Term	Iodine
Short definition	Iobenguan I 131 (I-oh-BEN-gwayn…) A drug that contains a form of radioactive iodine and is used to treat adults and children 12 years and older with certain types of malignant pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas that have spread or cannot be surgically removed. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
Type	Cancer terms
Specialty	Oncology
Language	English
Source	NCI
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iodine - (pronounced) (I-oh-dine) An element needed by the body to make thyroid hormone. It is found in shellfish and iodized salt

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+|Short definition=Iobenguan I 131 (I-oh-BEN-gwayn…) A drug that contains a form of radioactive iodine and is used to treat adults and children 12 years and older with certain types of malignant pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas that have spread or cannot be surgically removed. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
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-|Source=AMA
+|Source=NCI
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+iodine - {{pronunciation}} (I-oh-dine) An element needed by the body to make thyroid hormone. It is found in shellfish and iodized salt {{dictionary-stub}} [[Category:Dictionary of medicine]]