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Current Role of Radiation in Thyroid Cancers

Divya Kukreja, Deep Chakrabarti, Mrinalini Verma

Keywords : Anaplastic thyroid cancer, Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, Endocrine, Endocrine cancer, Endocrine surgery, Medullary carcinoma, Papillary thyroid carcinoma, Thyroid cancer

Citation Information : Kukreja D, Chakrabarti D, Verma M. Current Role of Radiation in Thyroid Cancers. 2021; 16 (2):86-86.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10088-11164

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 04-02-2022

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2021; The Author(s).


Abstract

Thyroid cancer comes under the category of head–neck cancers (HNC) but unlike other sites, thyroid cancer still has undefined role of radiation. Here, we had briefly summarized the indications of radiation in various types of thyroid cancers.


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