Ameliyatsız Primer Baş ve Boyun Malignitelerinde Radyoterapi Sonrası Tiroid Fonksiyonlarının Değerlendirilmesi

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 231 - 238, 31.08.2025

Özlem Elmas , Ramazan Kozan , Özlem Apsar Başaran

https://doi.org/10.29058/mjwbs.1671819

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada primer baş ve boyun malignitesi nedeniyle radyoterapi uygulanan hastalarda tiroid fonksiyon bozukluğunun araştırılması
amaçlandı.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışma 1 Ocak 2008 ile 31 Ocak 2017 tarihleri arasında Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
Hastanesi'nde baş ve boyun bölgesinin primer malignitesi nedeniyle radyoterapi alan ve ameliyat geçirmeyen hastalarla gerçekleştirildi.
Veriler retrospektif olarak hastane kayıtlarından kaydedildi.
Bulgular: Toplam 132 kanser hastasının sonuçları incelendi. İncelenen bireylerin %52.28 (n = 69) glottik / supraglottik larinks kanseri,
%15.15 (n = 20) nazofarenks kanseri ve %6.06 (n = 8) hodgkin lenfoma hastalarından oluşuyordu. Hastaların %78.8'i (n = 104) erkekti ve
ortanca yaş 60.5 idi. Medyan tedavi süresi 44 (min = 8, maks = 354) gündü. Hastaların %28.8'inde (n = 38) anormal TSH değeri saptandı.
Bireylerin %15.9'unda (n = 21) hipotiroidizm, %12.9'unda (n = 17) hipertiroidizm gelişti. Radyoterapi öncesi dönemde TSH anormalliği
%29.0'ında (n = 11) ve radyoterapi sonrası dönemde %71.0'ında tespit edildi. Normal TSH grubu ile radyoterapi sonrası anormal TSH'si
olanlar arasında yaş ve cinsiyet açısından anlamlı fark yoktu; ancak radyoterapi öncesi anormal TSH değeri olan hastaların yaşı anlamlı
olarak daha yüksekti (p <0.001).
Sonuç: Radyoterapi alan baş ve boyun malignitesi olan hastaların rutin takibinde, özellikle subklinik vakaların erken saptanması için tiroid
fonksiyon testlerinin incelenmesi önemli olabilir.

Keywords

Baş ve boyun maligniteleri , radyoterapi , tiroid disfonksiyonu

Evaluation of Thyroid Functions After Radiotherapy in Primary Head and Neck Malignancies without Surgery

Abstract

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to investigate thyroid dysfunction in patients who underwent radiotherapy due to primary head and neck
malignancy.
Material and Methods: The study was carried out between January 1, 2008 and January 31, 2017 at Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Health Practice and Research Hospital with patients who received radiotherapy due to primary malignancy of the head and neck region and
did not undergo surgery. The data were recorded retrospectively from hospital records. All analyses were performed on SPSS v21 (SPSS
Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Two-tailed p-values of less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The results of a total of 132 cancer patients were examined. Cancers examined mostly consisted of 52.28% (n = 69) glottic /
supraglottic larynx cancer, 15.15% (n = 20) nasopharynx cancer, and 6.06% (n = 8) hodgkin lymphoma patients. In addition to ;78.8% (n
= 104) of the patients were male and the median age was 60.5 (min = 15, max = 84) years. Median duration of treatment was 44 (min = 8,
max = 354) days. It was determined that 28.8% (n = 38) of the patients had abnormal TSH value. Hypothyroidism developed in 15.9% (n =
21) of the individuals and hyperthyroidism developed in 12.9% (n = 17). And 29.0% (n = 11) of the TSH abnormalities determined in the preradiotherapy
period and 71.0% in the post-radiotherapy period. There was no significant difference in age and gender between the normal
TSH group and those that had abnormal TSH after radiotherapy; however, the age of patients with abnormal TSH value before radiotherapy
was significantly higher (p <0.001).
Conclusion: Thyroid dysfunction in head and neck malignancies may also be seen before treatment, but the frequency of thyroid dysfunction
increases after radiotherapy. The effect of radiotherapy on the thyroid gland is not affected by variables such as age and gender. Patients
who develop thyroid dysfunction after radiotherapy were younger than patients with thyroid dysfunction before radiotherapy. In the routine
follow-up of patients with head and neck malignancy who receive radiotherapy, the examination of thyroid function tests could be important
for the early detection of particularly subclinical cases.

Keywords

Head and neck malignancies , Radiotherapy , Thyroid dysfunction

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Bulent Ecevit University (Approval no: 2018/22, Date: 21/11/2018).

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