Radiation to the head or neck: If you’ve had radiation therapy in the past, even for non-cancer issues, it can slightly increase your chance of developing cancer in the salivary glands later.

Millions of patients are treated safely with radiotherapy every year to cure or control symptoms of cancers such as head and neck, brain ... ability unless the reproductive organs and pituitary gland ...

The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis ensures a proper thyroid level but genetics, cancer treatment ... They may palpate (feel) your neck to check your thyroid gland's size, location, and ...