Thyroid Cancer : A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management
Leonard. Wartofsky
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press , c2006
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (730 p.)
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| Utgave | 2nd ed.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Foreword to First Edition by Ernest L. Mazzaferri, MD, MACP; Foreword to Second Edition by E. Chester Ridgway, MD, MACP; Preface; CONTENTS; Color Plates; Contributors; PART I General Consideratons I: Thyroid Cancer; 1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Thyroid Gland: Clinical Correlates to Thyroid Cancer; 2 Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer; 3 Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer; 4 Molecular Aspects of Thyroid Cancer in Children; 5 Oncogenes in Thyroid Cancer; 6 Apoptosis in Thyroid Cancer; 7 Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancer; 8 Classification of Thyroid Malignancies; 9 Staging of Thyroid Cancer. - 10 Thyroid Cancer in Children and Adolescents11 Recombinant Human Thyrotropin; PART II General Considerations II: Nuclear Medicine; 12 History of the Role of Nuclear Medicine in the Thyroid Gland and its Diseases: A Personal Perspective; 13 Prophylaxis Against Radiation Exposure from Radioiodine; 14 Radioiodine Whole Body Imaging; 15 Primer and Atlas for the Interpretation of Radioiodine Whole-Body Scintigraphy; 16 False-Positive Radioiodine Scans in Thyroid Cancer; PART III The Thyroid Nodule; 17 The Thyroid Nodule: Evaluation, Risk of Malignancy, and Management. - 18 Fine-Needle Aspiration: Technique19 Thyroid Nodules: Cellular and Biochemical Markers for Malignancy; 20 Radionuclide Imaging of Thyroid Nodules; 21 Ultrasonic Imaging of the Neck in Patients with Thyroid Cancer; 22 Thyroid Nodules and Cancer Risk: Surgical Management; PART IV Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Papillary Carcinoma: A. Presentation; 23 Papillary Carcinoma: Clinical Aspects; 24 Surgical Approach to Papillary Carcinoma; 25 Papillary Carcinoma: Cytology and Pathology; PART IV Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: B. Initial Management. - 26 Prescribed Activity for Radioiodine Ablation27 Thyroid Remnant Radioiodine Ablation with Recombinant Human Thyrotropin; PART IV Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: C. Surveillance; 28 Follow-Up Strategy in Papillary Thyroid Cancer; 29 Levothyroxine Therapy and Thyrotropin Suppression; 30 Thyroglobulin and Thyroglobulin Antibodies: Measurement and Interferences; 31 Diagnosis of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Antithyroglobulin Antibodies; 32 Surveillance Radioiodine Whole-Body Scans; 33 Radionuclide Imaging and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer in Children. - 34 Positron Emission Tomography in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer35 Alternative Thyroid Imaging; 36 The ""Stunning"" Controversy; A. Stunning: Untoward Effect of 131 I Thyroid Imaging Prior to Radioablation Therapy; B. Stunning Is Not a Problem; C. Stunning: Does It Exist? A Commentary; 37 Ultrasonic Imaging and Identification of Metastases in Cervical Lymph Nodes; 38 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography of Thyroid Cancer; 39 Management of the Patients with Negative Radioiodine Scan and Elevated Serum Thyroglobulin; 40 Determinants of Prognosis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer. - 41 Papillary Cancer: Special Aspects in Children. - 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.
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| ISBN | 1588294625
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