Radioiodine Therapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The First Targeted Therapy in Oncology
Iodide uptake across the membranes of thyroid follicular cells and cancer cells occurs through an active transport process mediated by the sodium-iodide symporter (NIS). The rat and human NIS-coding genes were cloned and identified in 1996. Evaluation of NIS gene and protein expression is critical f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academya Publishing Co.
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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| Online Access: | http://e-enm.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/2008ENM/enm-29-233.pdf |