Evaluation of radiation side effects on thyroid function

Kolsoum Teimouri; Samaneh Pakravan; Elham Rahmatinia; Kamran Azadbakht

doi:10.34172/jpd.2022.9145

J Parathyr Dis. 2022;10: e9145.
doi: 10.34172/jpd.2022.9145

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Evaluation of radiation side effects on thyroid function

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.

*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Kamran Azadbakht, Email: dr.kamran3519@gmail.com, , Email: Azadbakht.k@lums.ac.ir

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.

Keywords: Thyroid cancer, Radiation, Hypothyroidism, Absorption dose, Head and neck cancers

Please cite this paper as: Teimouri K, Pakravan S, Rahmatinia E, Azadbakht K. Examining the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and hypothyroidism. J Parathyr Dis. 2022;10:e9145.