Open AccessIs thyroid gland an organ at risk in breast cancer patients treated with locoregional radiotherapy? Results of a pilot study
Author(s) -
Mutahir A. Tunio,
Mushabbab Al Asiri,
Yasser Bayoumi,
Laura G Stanciu,
Naji Al Johani,
Eyad Fawzi Al Saeed
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.167613
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , breast cancer , radiation therapy , thyroid cancer , nuclear medicine , urology , cancer
Aim was to evaluate the dose distribution within the thyroid gland its association with hypothyroidism in breast cancer (BC) patients receiving supraclavicular (SC) radiation therapy (RT).