Thyroid Cancer

✍ Scribed by Wendy J. Mack, Susan Preston-Martin (auth.), James A. Fagin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 366
• Series: Endocrine Updates 2
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Because of its relative rarity and favorable outcome, it has not been feasible to assess medical interventions for thyroid cancer using randomized prospective trials. The approach to diagnosis and treatment relies to a great extent on information derived from retrospective studies. Overall prognosis and survival rates have been edging upward over the past two decades. This is attributed to a wider acceptance of total thyroidectomy as the primary surgical strategy. The appropriate indication of radioiodine therapy remains controversial, and physicians must be familiar with staging criteria to make educated decisions.
We are now beginning to understand the genetic mechanisms of thyroid tumor initiation and progression. There are still major challenges ahead. Thyroid Cancer provides comprehensive updates on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of thyroid neoplasms. Although the material should be of particular interest to scholars in the field, the contributors have striven to make it of practical use to physicians who treat patients with thyroid disease.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 1-25
Ionizing Radiation and Thyroid Cancer....Pages 27-57
Molecular Pathogenesis of Tumors of Thyroid Follicular Cells....Pages 59-83
Pathogenesis of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma....Pages 85-103
Pathologic Features of Thyroid Tumors....Pages 105-137
Thyroid Nodules: Approaches to Diagnosis and Management....Pages 139-154
Pathogenesis and Treatment of Multinodular Goiter....Pages 155-186
Cytopathology of Thyroid Nodules:....Pages 187-205
The Role of Medical Imaging in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Recurrent or Metastatic Thyroid Cancer....Pages 207-232
Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 233-254
Thyroid Cancer: Impact of Therapeutic Modalities on Prognosis....Pages 255-284
Radioiodine and External Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 285-317
Rare Forms of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 319-340
Chemotherapy and Biological Therapy of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 341-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-360

✦ Subjects

Diabetes; Oncology; Internal Medicine; Cancer Research