Literature Compilation of Dosimetric Studies Examining Iodine Kinetics in Hypothyroid and rhTSH Patients
| First author and year of publication | THW/rhTSH (n) | Age THW/rhTSH (y) | Latency OP-RIT (d)* | THW TSH (mU/L) | Body dose, half-life or residence time | Thyroid dose, half-life or residence time |
| Menzel 2003 (6) | 163/64 | 50/57 | ≥28 | Ø∼50 | rhTSH < THW | ? |
| Sisson 2003 (7) | 87/10 | 44/? | ? | Ø117 | rhTSH < THW | ? |
| Hänscheid 2006 (8) | 33/29 | ?/? | ? | Ø84 | rhTSH < THW | rhTSH > THW |
| Vaiano 2007 (9) | 29/17 | 46/52 | ≥28 | ? | rhTSH < THW | rhTSH > THW |
| Remy 2008 (10) | 218/36 | 48/44 | ≥35 | Ø69 | rhTSH < THW | ? |
| Carvalho 2012 (12) | 50/50 | 50/48 | ≥56 | Ø59 | rhTSH < THW | ? |
| Ravichandran 2014 (13) | 81/22 | ?/? | ≥35 | ? | rhTSH < THW | rhTSH < THW |
| Grenfell 2015 (15) | 31/19 | 49/48 | 21 (median) | ? | rhTSH = THW | ? |
| Guo 2015 (14) | 9/6 | 41/58 | ≥28 | ? | rhTSH < THW | ? |
| Ravichandran 2016 (32) | 28/14 | ?/? | ≥28 | Ø88 | rhTSH < THW | ? |
| Data presented in this publication | 281/60 | 46/51 | 18 (median) | Ø51 | rhTSH = THW | rhTSH = THW |
↵* Or if not reported, time of L-T4 withdrawal.
THW = thyroid-hormone withdrawal; OP–RIT = time between surgery and radioiodine therapy (d).