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The 21st Century Endocrine Surgeon

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Surgeons who treat patients with thyroid cancer and other endocrine diseases have varied clinical backgrounds. Their training or clinical practice may be based in general surgery, otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, surgical oncology, urology (for adrenal tumors), or endocrine surgery. Regardless of the title and background, a surgeon specializing in endocrine disease has a role and responsibility far beyond the operating room. This chapter examines the specialist endocrine surgeon in the context of thyroid and other endocrine surgery.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

    Nadine R. Caron

  2. Department of Surgery, Section of Endocrine Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Tracy S. Wang

  3. Department of Surgery, Section of Endocrine Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Cord Sturgeon

  4. Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Orlo H. Clark

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Caron, N.R., Wang, T.S., Sturgeon, C., Clark, O.H. (2018). The 21st Century Endocrine Surgeon. In: Mallick, U.K., Harmer, C. (eds) Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91725-2_7

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