Thyroid Cancer in Clinical Practice [Paperback]

This book covers all aspects of thyroid cancer, including nodules, pathology, thyroid and whole-body scans, ultrasounds, and other nuclear medicine and radiological studies, as well as follow-up testing and prognosis. It tackles the treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer and all aspects of management including surgery, the role and logistics of radioactive iodine and long-term prescription of thyroid hormone. Also included are images and up to-date procedures such as fused (PET/CT) images. A pocket-sized, easily accessible source of information to supplement existing large texts, this book provides a handy reference for everyday use.

This book covers all aspects of thyroid cancer, including nodules, pathology, thyroid and whole-body scans, ultrasounds, and other nuclear medicine and radiological studies, as well as follow-up testing and prognosis. A pocket-sized, easily accessible source of information, supplementing large texts.

The number of patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer is increasing drama- cally in the United States, and there are more than 30,000new cases annually. About 5% of adults have a thyroid nodule that can be felt and between 300/0 and 500/0 have one or more nodules that can be identified by ultrasound. Thyroid Cancer in Clinical Practice covers all aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer. The author has spent more than 35 years in Nuclear Medicine and Thyroidology in the clinical care ofpatients with thyroid nodules and or thyroid cancer. He has published 150 peer reviewed articles and more than 100 reviews and book chapters, the majority devoted to these topics. The text includes evaluation of a patient with a thyroid nodule. The fundamentals ofthyroid pathology are presented. The management ofthyroid cancer in adults, children, and pregnant women is covered separately. There 123 is discussion of whole body scintigraphy with 1, treatment by surgery and 131 1,and the role ofthyroglobulinlãÂ