To compare the effect of conventional radiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy on the thyroid gland after external beam radiotherapy in head-and-neck carcinoma
Introduction: Radiotherapy-induced hypothyroidism has remained underestimated and under reported ailment, because of noninclusion of routine assessment of thyroid function test in baseline workup and during follow-up protocol, which results in failure to detect and treat a reversible cause of morbid...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journalrcr.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9273;year=2021;volume=12;issue=3;spage=111;epage=118;aulast=Gupta |