Thyroid Dysfunction as an Unintended Side Effect of Anticancer Drugs
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Thyroid dysfunction as an unintended side effect of anticancer drugs.
BACKGROUND Several of the currently used anticancer drugs may variably affect thyroid function, with impairment ranging from modified total but not free concentration of thyroid hormones to overt thyroid disease. SUMMARY Cytotoxic agents seem to alter thyroid function in a relatively small proportion of adult patients. Anticancer hormone drugs may mainly alter serum levels of thyroid hormone-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thyroid
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1050-7256,1557-9077
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0241