OncoLink

Importance of Low Iodine-Diet

Question

If you mess up your low-iodine diet will the treatments be less effective? I am so stressed out about this diet!

Answer

Marcia Brose, MD, Director of Thyroid Cancer Therapeutics Program at Penn Medicine responds,

Yes! So if you have messed up your diet, let your physician know immediately so that they can reschedule your treatments.

This question and answer was part of OncoLink's Brown Bag Web Chat Series. View the entire transcript of Focus on Thyroid Cancer.

About OncoLink  Contact OncoLink  Privacy statement   Disclaimer  Link to OncoLink  Home
For assistance please visit our HELP section
© Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania