Hypothyroidism after radiotherapy to the neck
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Hypothyroidism: a frequent event after radiotherapy and after radiotherapy with chemotherapy for patients with head and neck carcinoma.
BACKGROUND The incidence of hypothyroidism was assessed retrospectively from a data base of 155 patients with head and neck carcinoma who were treated at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation between 1990 and 1997. METHODS One hundred patients were randomized between radiotherapy (RT) (66-72 grays in single daily fractions) and RT with concurrent chemotherapy (CT) using 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(01)02445-2