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Thyroid Cancer

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This chapter will discuss the epidemiology, workup, and management of thyroid cancer, with an emphasis on external beam radiotherapy technique and published evidence.

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Acknowledgment

We thank Jennifer S. Yu MD, PhD, Joy Coleman MD, and Jeanne Marie Quivey MD, FACR, for their work on the prior edition of this chapter.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Christopher H. Chapman

  2. Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Adam Garsa

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Chapman, C.H., Garsa, A. (2018). Thyroid Cancer. In: Hansen, E., Roach III, M. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62642-0_11

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