Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant endocrine tumor and is the seventh most common
cancer seen in throughout out the world. The incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing
more rapidly than any other cancer in many of the cancer registries from different parts of the
world.Although the majority of thyroid cancers have an indolent biological behaviour different
histological types have a diverse clinical behaviour. Well-differentiated thyroid cancers have
an excellent survival whereas poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers have a very
poor outcome. This volume of Head and Neck Cancer Clinics addresses advances controversies and
state-of-the-art treatment recommendations of various types of thyroid cancers.
