Thyroid cancer: a comprehensive guide to clinical management

✍ Scribed by Nostrand, Douglas; Wartofsky, Leonard (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press Inc
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 739
• Edition: Second edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This massive revision of the highly acclaimed first edition presents a wealth of new information and insights on every aspect of the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, initial treatment, and long-term management of all varieties of thyroid cancer. Paramount is a thorough treatment of the nuclear medical aspects of diagnosing and managing the thyroid cancer patient. This includes extensive discussion of isotopes, isotope uptake and scanning procedures, radioisodine ablation and dosimetry (with or without recombinant human TSH), stunning, octreotide and FDG-PET scanning, and various alternative imaging modalities. Additional highlights include management of the scan negative and thyroglobulin-positive patient, ultrasound of the lymph nodes, local adjuncts to therapy of metastases, low iodine diets and cookbooks, future directions in therapy, and alternative therapies when traditional surgery and radioactive iodine fail.  Read more...

Abstract:

Reviews various aspects of thyroid cancer from pathogenesis to prognosis, including management and treatment. This book covers both differentiated tumors (papillary carcinoma and follicular carcinoma) and undifferentiated cancers (anaplastic carcinoma, lymphoma, and medullary carcinoma), as well as miscellaneous and unusual cancers of the thyroid.  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Part I. General Considerations I: Thyroid Cancer Anatomy and Physiology of the Thyroid Gland: Clinical Correlates to Thyroid Cancer Nikolaos Stathatos Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer James J. Figge Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer James J. Figge, Nikolai A. Kartel, Dima Yarmolinsky, and Gennady Ermak Molecular Aspects of Thyroid Cancer in Children Gary L. Francis Oncogenes in Thyroid Cancer Katherine B. Weber and Michael T. McDermott Apoptosis in Thyroid Cancer Su He Wang and James R. Baker, Jr. Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancer James J. Figge, Timothy Jennings, Gregory Gerasimov, Nikolai A. Kartel, Dima Yarmolinsky, and Gennady Ermak Classification of Thyroid Malignancies Yolanda C. Oertel Staging of Thyroid Cancer Leonard Wartofsky Thyroid Cancer in Children and Adolescents Merrily Poth Recombinant Human Thyrotropin Matthew D. Ringel and Stephen J. Burgun Part II. General Considerations II: Nuclear Medicine History of the Role of Nuclear Medicine in the Thyroid Gland and its Diseases: A Personal Perspective Henry N. Wagner, Jr. Prophylaxis against Radiation Exposure from Radioiodine Jacob Robbins and Arthur B. Schneider Radioiodine Whole Body Imaging Frank B. Atkins and Douglas Van Nostrand Primer and Atlas for the Interpretation of Radioiodine Whole-Body Scintigraphy Douglas Van Nostrand, Reetha Bakthula, and Frank B. Atkins False-Positive Radioiodine Scans in Thyroid Cancer Brahm Shapiro, Vittoria Rufini, Ayman Jarwan, Onelio Geatti, Kimberlee J. Kearfott, Lorraine M. Fig, Ian D. Kirkwood, John E. Freitas, and Milton D. Gross Part III. The Thyroid Nodule The Thyroid Nodule: Evaluation, Risk of Malignancy, and Management Leonard Wartofsky Fine Needle Aspiration: Technique Yolanda C. Oertel Thyroid Nodules: Cellular and Biochemical Markers for Malignancy Kathleen A. Prendergast Radionuclide Imaging of Thyroid Nodules Douglas Van Nostrand Ultrasonic Imaging of the Neck in Patients with Thyroid Cancer Manfred Blum Thyroid Nodules and Cancer Risk: Surgical Management Orlo H. Clark Part IV. Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Papillary Carcinoma A. Presentation Papillary Cancer: Clinical Aspects Leonard Wartofsky Surgical Approach to Papillary Cancer Orlo H. Clark Papillary Carcinoma: Cytology and Pathology Yolanda C. Oertel and James E. Oertel Part IV. Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: B. Initial Management Prescribed Activity for Radioiodine Ablation Douglas Van Nostrand Thyroid Remnant Radioiodine Ablation with Recombinant Human Thyrotropin R. Michael Tuttle and Richard J. Robbins Part IV. Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: C. Surveillance Follow-Up Strategy in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Henry B. Burch Levothyroxine Therapy and Thyrotropin Suppression Leonard Wartofsky Thyroglobulin and Thyroglobulin Antibodies: Measurement and Interferences D. Robert Dufour Diagnosis of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Positive Antithyroglobulin Antibodies Matthew D. Ringel Surveillance Radioiodine Whole-Body Scans Douglas Van Nostrand Radionuclide Imaging and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer in Children Gary L. Francis Positron Emission Tomography in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer I. Ross McDougall Alternative Thyroid Imaging Anca M. Avram, Karen C. Rosenspire, Stewart C. Davidson, John E. Freitas, and Milton D. Gross The 'Stunning' Controversy. A. Stunning: Untoward Effect of 13

✦ Subjects

Medicine.;Oncology.;Thyroid Neoplasms.;Medicine;Oncology;Schilddrüsenkrebs;Therapie;Medicine & Public Health;Online-Publikation