Incidence of hypothyroidism after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY, cilt.24, sa.1, ss.91-94, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2007
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/bf02685908
- Dergi Adı: MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.91-94
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objectives: The thyroid gland is frequently affected by radiotherapy applied for the treatment of head and neck tumors. Hypothyroidism is observed as a late side effect of radiotherapy, especially seen in the patients who have surgery in the treatment procedure.