Thyroid Cancer in Clinical Practice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Epidemiology and Etiology of Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancers

   Pages 1-16

3. Thyroid Anatomy and Physiology

   Pages 17-26

4. Thyroid Nodule

   Pages 27-36

5. Thyroid Pathology

   Pages 37-52

6. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

   Pages 53-91

7. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Rare Clinical Situations

   Pages 92-99

8. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Children

   Pages 100-114

9. Thyroid Cancer and Pregnancy

   Pages 115-123

10. Anaplastic Carcinoma of the Thyroid

    Pages 124-131

11. Medullary Cancer

    Pages 132-144

12. Primary Lymphoma of the Thyroid

    Pages 145-148

13. Metastases to the Thyroid

    Pages 149-154

14. Back Matter

    Pages 155-163

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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 ofthyroglobulin measurements. The importance oflong term follow up using clinical examination, scintigraphy, ultrasound, and serum thyroglobulin measurements ispresented. There are separate chapters devoted to anaplastic cancer, medullary cancer, lymphoma of the thyroid, and met- tases to the thyroid. The pocket sizedbook provides an easilyaccessiblesource ofinformation and advice to help practitioners manage patients and to und- stand when to refer for consultations. The book supplements existing large texts.

• Carcinom
• Endocrinology
• Internal medicine
• Nuclear medicine
• Oncology
• PET/CT
• Surgery
• Thyroglobulin
• Thyroid cancer
• Thyroid nodule
• Thyroid tumors
• computed tomography (CT)
• positron emission tomography
• thyroid tumours
• ultrasound

"...This book is unique because the author provides a hands-on guide to how to take care of patients based on his extensive experience. This is information that is often difficult to find in a traditional textbook. It would be a helpful resource for a clinician who doesn't know how to best manage a particular patient ..." (Doody's Publisher's Club, September 2007)

• Division of Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, USA

  I. Ross McDougall

Iain Ross McDougall is Professor of Radiology and Medicine and Acting Director of Nuclear Medicine Division at Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA and has a continued academic and clinical interest in the etiology and management of thyroid cancer. He has written two books and published numerous journal articles and contributed chapters to over 100 books.

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