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|Term=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. 
|Short definition=iodine (I-oh-dine) An element needed by the body to make thyroid hormone. It is found in shellfish and iodized salt 
|Type=Cancer terms
|Type=Cancer terms
|Specialty=Oncology
|Specialty=Oncology

Latest revision as of 06:35, 12 January 2023

Iodine
TermIodine
Short definitioniodine (I-oh-dine) An element needed by the body to make thyroid hormone. It is found in shellfish and iodized salt 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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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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