The incidence of hypothyroidism after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
CONCLUSIONS: In our study, the incidence of HT is 34%. We also noticed that HT can even develop shortly after treatment. Patients with a higher Dmean to the thyroid gland and lower pretreatment thyroid gland volumes are more at risk.
PMID: 29709128 [PubMed - in process]
Source: B-ENT - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
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