The Claim

Approximately 11% of patients with Graves' disease experience treatment failure after a single 555 MBq radioactive iodine dose, and 60% of these treatment failures are successfully managed with a second radioactive iodine dose.

Source: SAT469 Risk Factors for Relapse in Graves’ Disease and the Clinical Outcomes of Radioactive Iodine Treatment in Relapsed Cases

What the research says

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Supports
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Quantitative
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In plain English

About 11 out of 100 people with Graves' disease do not respond to one dose of 555 MBq radioactive iodine, but 6 out of 10 of those people respond to a second dose of radioactive iodine.

See the scientific wording

Approximately 11% of patients with Graves' disease experience treatment failure after a single 555 MBq radioactive iodine (RAI) dose, but most of these cases (60%) can be successfully managed with a second RAI treatment.

Why this might work

Radioactive iodine is absorbed by thyroid cells, but some cells take up less iodine and survive the first treatment. These surviving cells continue producing thyroid hormone, causing the disease to return. A second dose of radioactive iodine kills these remaining cells, curing the disease.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: SAT469 Risk Factors for Relapse in Graves’ Disease and the Clinical Outcomes of Radioactive Iodine Treatment in Relapsed Cases

    About 1 in 10 people treated with one dose of radioactive iodine for Graves' disease don’t get fully better, but most of those people (6 in 10) can be cured with a second dose — and this study proves it.

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