Thyroid
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Childhood cancer survivors may have late effects that affect the thyroid.
Thyroid late effects may include the following:
Certain factors increase the risk that thyroid problems will occur.
The risk of thyroid late effects may be increased in childhood cancer survivors who received either of the following:
The risk may also be greater in females and may increase as the amount of time since diagnosis gets longer.
Thyroid late effects may be caused by treatment for certain childhood cancers.
Treatment for these and other childhood cancers may cause thyroid late effects:
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