Functional and biochemical changes in the thyroid gland following exposure to therapeutic doses of external beam radiotherapy in the head-and-neck cancer patients

Context: Majority of the head-and-neck cancers are locoregionally advanced at the time of diagnosis. Hence, radiotherapy (RT) portals will invariably cover the whole neck and thus, the thyroid gland which may lead to its dysfunction. Aims: The purpose of this study is to identify the functional and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of cancer research and therapeutics 2021-07, Vol.17 (4), p.1025-1030
Hauptverfasser:	Randhawa, Amritjot, Yadav, Hanuman, Banipal, Raja, Goyal, Gitanjali, Garg, Pardeep, Marcus, Sapna
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Care and treatment Chemoradiotherapy Complications and side effects Female Follow-Up Studies Head & neck cancer Head and neck cancer Head and Neck Neoplasms - drug therapy Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - radiotherapy Health aspects Humans Hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism - etiology Hypothyroidism - pathology Male Middle Aged Patient outcomes Physiological aspects Prognosis Prospective Studies Radiation Injuries - etiology Radiation Injuries - pathology Radiation therapy Radiotherapy Radiotherapy - adverse effects Radiotherapy Dosage Risk factors Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck - drug therapy Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck - pathology Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck - radiotherapy Thyroid Function Tests Thyroid gland Thyroid Gland - pathology Thyroid Gland - radiation effects
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