The Use of Candy and Honey in Decreasing Salivary Gland Damage Following Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer

Inclusion Criteria: * \>18 years old * They had a histological diagnosis of papillary, follicular, medullary or anaplastic thyroid cancer * They had undergone total thyroidectomy * They were able to provide consent Exclusion Criteria: * patients who had distant metastases, * a history of salivary-gland disorders, * collagen tissue disease * diabetes mellitus, * previous radioiodine therapy or external radiation to the head or neck * allergy to the honey