Hypothyroidism in older patients with head and neck cancer after treatment with radiation: A population-based study

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1031-1038

  Smith, Grace L ^a   Smith, Benjamin D ^a,b   Garden, Adam S ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a   Sherman, Steven I ^a   Morrison, William H ^a   Schwartz, David L ^a   Weber, Randal S ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Hypothyroidism; Radiation; Survivorship; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650436172     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21066     Document Type: Article

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