Will radioiodine be useful in treatment of breast cancer?
Gilbert H. Daniels1
& Daniel A. Haber2
1
Harvard Medical School Department of Medicine, Thyroid
Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
02115
2
Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Expression of a sodium iodide transporter by the thyroid gland causes
iodide accumulation, and radioactive iodide is an effective treatment for
thyroid cancer. The identification of a similar transporter in mammary tissue
indicates that this approach might also be used to treat breast cancer (pages 871−878).
