How safe is radioactive iodine treatment?
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Is radioactive iodine treatment safe? ... These show that there is no increased risk of cancer from treatment with radioactive iodine. The small dose of radioactivity used means that radioactive iodine treatment is in no way like the radiation exposure following uncontrolled nuclear fallout which can cause thyroid cancer.