Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: One of the major causes of deaths in pediatric patients is malignancy. Radiotherapy, which is one of the protocols used in their treatment, may have some disadvantages such as impairing thyroid function. Considering these facts, we decided to determine the incidence of post radiotherapy hypothyroidism in pediatric patients with malignancy.Methods: In a cross-sectional study 180 patients ranging in age from 1 to 20 years old who survived fr...