Thyroid Cancer A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management / edited by Leonard Wartofsky.

In Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management, Leonard Wartofsky, MD, past president of the American Thyroid Association, has brought together a panel of world-class clinicians to critically review all aspects of thyroid cancer from pathogenesis to prognosis, including management a...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Wartofsky, Leonard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. 2000.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Thyroid Nodule: Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Risk of Malignancy
  • 2 Nonisotopic Imaging of the Neck in Patients with Thyroid Nodules or Cancer
  • 3 The Thyroid Nodule: Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
  • 4 The Thyroid Nodule: Medical Management
  • 5 Thyroid Nodules and Cancer Risk: Surgical Management
  • 6 Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer
  • 7 Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer
  • 8 Radiation and Thyroid Cancer
  • 9 Classification of Thyroid Malignancies
  • 10 Thyroid Cancer in Children and Adolescents
  • 11 Immunologic Aspects of Thyroid Follicular Neoplasms
  • 12 Radioiodine Therapy of Thyroid Cancer: General Considerations—I
  • 13 Radioiodine Therapy of Thyroid Cancer: General Considerations—II Side Effects of Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer
  • 14 Recombinant Human Thyrotropin
  • 15 Chemotherapy for Thyroid Cancer
  • 16 Papillary Carcinoma: Clinical Aspects
  • 17 Papillary Carcinoma: Cytology and Pathology
  • 18 Surgical Approach to Papillary Carcinoma
  • 19 Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: Radioiodine Therapy—I
  • 20 Chemotherapy of Differentiated (Papillary or Follicular) Thyroid Carcinoma
  • 21 Management of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: External Radiation Therapy
  • 22 Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Follow-Up
  • 23 Radioiodine Treatment of Thyroid Cancer—II: Maximizing Therapeutic and Diagnostic 131I Uptake
  • 24 An Approach to the Management of Patients with Scan Negative, Thyroglobulin Positive, Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Alternative Imaging Procedures
  • 25 Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Prognosis
  • 26 Papillary Cancer: Special Aspects in Children
  • 27 Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma: Clinical Aspects
  • 28 Pathology of Follicular Cancer
  • 29 Surgical Management of Follicular Cancer
  • 30 Follicular Carcinoma of the Thyroid: External Radiation Therapy
  • 31 Follicular Thyroid Cancer: Follow-Up
  • 32 Follicular Thyroid Cancer: Prognosis
  • 33 Follicular Thyroid Cancer: Special Aspects in Children and Adolescents
  • 34 Anaplastic Carcinoma: Clinical Aspects
  • 35 Anaplastic Carcinoma: Pathology
  • 36 Anaplastic Carcinoma Management: Surgery
  • 37 Chemotherapy of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
  • 38 Management of Anaplastic Carcinoma: External Radiation Therapy
  • 39 Anaplastic Carcinoma: Prognosis
  • 40 Thyroid Lymphoma
  • 41 Thyroid Lymphoma: Pathology
  • 42 Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
  • 43 Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Pathology
  • 44 Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid: Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Treatment
  • 45 Management of Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid: Surgery
  • 46 Medullary Carcinoma Management: External Radiation Therapy
  • 47 Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid: Chemotherapy
  • 48 Pathology of Miscellaneous and Unusual Cancers of the Thyroid
  • 49 Clinical Aspects of Miscellaneous and Unusual Types of Thyroid Cancers
  • 50 Thyroid Cancer: DNA Ploidy, Tumor Markers, and Cancer-Causing Genes
  • 51 New Approaches to Chemotherapy for Thyroid Cancer
  • 52 Advances in Radiotherapy for Thyroid Cancer.