Kolsoum Teimouri
1 , Samaneh Pakravan
2 , Elham Rahmatinia
3 , Kamran Azadbakht
3* 1 Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
3 Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Abstract
The thyroid gland is a crucial component of the body’s glandular system and metabolism, which is exposed to unnecessary radiation as an organ at risk in radiation therapy to the head, neck, and chest. Radiation can lead to thyroid dysfunction such as hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer.