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Jacob Robbins

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  168
Citations -  8347

Jacob Robbins is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thyroid & Thyroid cancer. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 168 publications receiving 8130 citations. Previous affiliations of Jacob Robbins include University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Outcomes of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma following initial therapy.

TL;DR: It is confirmed that near-total thyroidectomy is indicated in high-risk patients and radioactive iodine therapy is beneficial for stage II, III, and IV patients, and it is shown for the first time that superior outcomes are associated with aggressive thyroid hormone suppression therapy in high risk patients, but are achieved with modest suppression in stage II patients.
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Iodine supplementation for pregnancy and lactation-United States and Canada: recommendations of the American Thyroid Association.

TL;DR: Until additional physiologic data are available to make a better judgment, the American Thyroid Association recommends that women receive 150 microg iodine supplements daily during pregnancy and lactation and that all prenatal vitamin/mineral preparations contain 150microg of iodine.