Thoroughly revised and extensively expanded this encyclopedic highly acclaimed title
addresses all aspects of the etiology pathogenesis diagnosis initial treatment and long-term
management of all varieties of thyroid cancer. Expertly edited by Drs. Leonard Wartofsky and
Douglas Van Nostrand this gold standard reference is divided into 11 Parts: General
Considerations on Thyroid Cancer General Considerations on Nuclear Medicine the Thyroid
Nodule Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Variants of Thyroid Cancer Undifferentiated
Tumors: Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Undifferentiated Tumors: Thyroid Lymphoma
Undifferentiated Tumors: Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer New Frontiers and Future Directions and
Additional Resources. With exceptional breadth and depth the book includes chapters dedicated
to isotopes isotope uptake and scanning procedures such as SPECT CT radioiodine ablation
(with or without recombinant human TSH) stunning dosimetry (with or without recombinant human
TSH) Octreotide and FDG-PET scanning and other alternative imaging modalities. There is a
valuable reference atlas of scan images and illustrations and a scholarly summary of the side
effects of radioiodine and how to avoid or minimize adverse effects of treatment. In addition
to an updated section on ultrasonography of the thyroid gland new sections have been added
including ones on ultrasonography of cervical lymph nodes and imaging for thyroid cancer
employing computerized tomography (CT) positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI). An indispensable reference source with chapters written by the field's
leading authoritative experts Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management
Third Edition will be of great interest to not only pathologists endocrine surgeons
endocrinologists nuclear medicine physicians and oncologists but all clinicians with an
interest in thyroid cancer.
