Investigation of absorbed dose and estimation the risk of secondary thyroid cancer in whole brain radiotherapy

Background: After the surgery, radiation therapy is the most important part of treating brain tumors. Thyroid cancer is the second most prevalent malignancy, as a result of radiation therapy of head and neck. Therefore, in whole-brain radiation therapy, determining the absorption dose of thyroid and...

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Main Authors: Mahtab Ahmadi, Mohammad Bagher Tavakoli, Alireza Amouheidari, Zahra Alirezaei
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2017-03-01
Series:مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان
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Online Access:http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/7110