Numbers of Patients Treated with Radioiodine Ablation and Repeated Treatment Who Indicated Several Extents of Xerostomia Before and After Treatment
| Radioiodine ablation treatment (n = 56) | Repeated radioiodine treatment (n = 11) | |||
| Response to the question: My mouth feels dry | Before therapy (n) | After therapy (n) | Before therapy (n) | After therapy (n) |
| Never | 19 (34) | 9 (16) | 3 (27) | 3 (27) |
| Hardly ever | 18 (32) | 20 (36) | 0 | 2 (18) |
| Occasionally | 17 (30) | 16 (29) | 5 (46) | 3 (27) |
| Frequently | 2 (4) | 7 (13) | 2 (18) | 3 (27) |
| Always | 0 | 4 (7) | 1 (9) | 0 |
Data in parentheses are percentages.