Unlabelled: We evaluated the effects on the absorbed dose to thyroid follicular cells of self-absorption of (131)I radiation (specifically, beta-rays) in the follicular colloid.

Methods: Thyroid follicles were modeled as colloid-filled spheres, containing a uniform concentration of (131)I and surrounded by a concentric monolayer of cells. Assuming close packing of identical follicles, we used Monte Carlo simulation to assess the absorbed dose to follicular cells.

Results: Because of beta-ray self-absorption in colloidal spheres with radii larger than 50 mum, the absorbed dose to follicular cells is less than the average thyroid absorbed dose.

Conclusion: For the same thyroid mass, radioiodine thyroid uptake, and effective half-life, patients with follicles with colloidal sphere radii of 100, 200, 300, and 400 microm should be administered 9%, 15%, 21%, and 30% more (131)I, respectively, than patients with colloidal sphere radii of less than 50 microm, to yield the same absorbed dose to follicular cells.

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