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Main description:
The American Cancer Society recently estimated that about 45,000 new cases of thyroid cancer will be diagnosed in the United States, with three-quarters occurring in women. The overall 5-year survival rate is about 97%, making it one of the least lethal cancers. We are experiencing an epidemic of well-differentiated thyroid cancer, in part due to the widespread use of imaging modalities that detect thyroid nodules and microcarcinomas. Concurrently, there have been a number of recent advances in surgical treatment, as well as diagnostic modalities that allow us to detect small amounts of residual local and metastatic disease. Additionally, a reexamination of past treatment regimens has led to new recommendations regarding the use of radioactive iodine, and to new therapeutic options, such as targeted therapy which have supplanted the use of more toxic chemotherapy for metastatic cancer. Multiple academic organizations have developed consensus guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer, occasionally with conflicting recommendations. In Thyroid Cancer, a renowned group of authors presents a broad overview of the pathology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of thyroid cancer, with an emphasis on recent evidence-based information. State-of-the-art and a significant contribution to the literature, Thyroid Cancer is an invaluable reference for endocrinologists, oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, radiation oncologists, primary care physicians, and surgeons who deal with head and neck cancer.
Contents:
Preface
Contributors
1. Pathology and Classification of Thyroid Cancer
Gretchen E. Galliano and David P. Frishberg
2. Molecular Biology of Thyroid Cancer
H. Phillip Koeffler and Wenwen Chien
3. Thyroid Nodules
Glenn D. Braunstein and Wendy Sacks
4. Ultrasound Imaging and Thyroid Cancer
Michelle Melany
5. Fine Needle Aspiration of the Thyroid
Shikha Bose
6. Thyroid Cancer Staging
Ronnie Meiyi Wong
7. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Wendy Sacks and Glenn D. Braunstein
8. Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma
Jerome Hershman and Adam Lyko
9. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Nicole M. Tyer and Run Yu
10. Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma
Marina Vaysburd
11. Thyroid Lymphoma
Basil Rapoport and Sandra M. McLachlan
12. Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer
C. Suzanne Cutter, Kenneth W. Adashek, Michel Babajanian, and Babak Larian
13. Radioactive Iodine Therapy
Wendy Sacks and Alan D. Waxman
14. External Beam Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancers
C. Michele Burnison
15. Targeted Therapies of Thyroid Cancer
Steven Lim
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Publication date: November, 2011
Pages: 332
Weight: 823g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Diseases and Disorders, Endocrinology, Oncology
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