Which Cancer Treatments are Associated with Hypothyroidism?
Radiation therapy used in treating cancers in the neck, such as head and neck cancer, lymphoma, and thyroid cancer, can lead to hypothyroidism. Drugs like sunitinib and imatinib, used in targeted therapy, have also been associated with this condition. Furthermore, radioiodine treatment for thyroid cancer often results in hypothyroidism because the thyroid tissue is destroyed.