TABLE 2

Relationship Between Absorbed Dose Thresholds and Associated Complete Response Rates for Metastases and Thyroid Remnants

LesionTarget dose (Gy)124I PET*131I WBS†
Lymph node metastases≥8575%‡80%–90%
Pulmonary metastases≥8595%Unknown
Bone metastases≥8546%Unknown
350–65070%–80%Unknown
Thyroid remnants≥30091%80%–90%

  • ↵* Data are from Jentzen et al. (12,13).

  • ↵† Data are from Maxon and Smith (26). WBS = whole-body scintigraphy.

  • ↵‡ Lymph node metastases with follow-up times of less than 4 mo are included.