Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer

- Foreword by Sir Richard Bayliss

- Preface

- An overview of the management of thyroid cancer

SECTION I: The UK multidisciplinary approach to management of thyroid cancer: The UK evidence-based guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer: Key recommendations

- Thyroid cancer multidisciplinary team and the organisational paradigm

- Thyroid cancer from the perspective of a patient

- The role of the specialist nurse

- The role of the clinical psychologist

SECTION II: The diagnosis of thyroid cancer: Thyroid nodules

- Thyroid cancer and the general practitioner

- The role of the pathologist

- Thyroid cancer and the endocrinologist

SECTION III: Initial thyroid surgery: The specialist endocrine surgeon

- Initial Thyroid surgery for patient with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

- Management of cervical lymph nodes in differentiated thyroid cancer

- Complications of thyroid surgery

- SECTION IV: Non-surgical management of differentiated thyroid cancer: Non-surgical management of thyroid cancer

- Fertility following treatment with iodine-131 for thyroid cancer

SECTION V: Follow-up management of differentiated thyroid cancer: Recombinant human TSH (rhtsh): use in papillary and follicular thyroid cancer

- Thyroglobulin

- Follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

- Management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients with negative whole body radioiodine scans and elevated serum thyroglobulin levels

SECTION VI: Medullary thyroid carcinoma: medullary thyroid cancer - diagnosis and management

- Nonmedullary thyroid cancer and the role of the geneticist

SECTION VII: Thyroid cancer in children: Thyroid cancer in childhood

- Radiation induced thyroid cancer - lessons from chernobyl

- The use of stable potassium iodide (KI) in the event of a nuclear emergency

SECTION VIII: Diagnostic imaging studies for thyroid cancer: Ultrasound of the thyroid

- diagnostic nuclear medicine

From the reviews:Written by a team of experts selected for their contributions to the development of national guidelines, this new publication represents a comprehensive review of the management of thyorid cancer. It follows the American and European model of treating patients and would be of value to any serious clinician wishing to enhance their knowlegde in this field.With over 2000 figures and tables and chapters covering medullary and anaplastic carcinoma as well as primary thyorid lymphoma, every aspect possible is dealt with this book. It doesn't need me to say it, but this will become a world-wide best-seller. Dr. M. Haq, RAD Magazine, October 2006"This is a very readable book which covers the management of thyroid cancer in a comprehensive manner. The editors are acknowledged international leaders in the field ... . They have assembled a ... team of contributors who have provided an excellent and up-to-date review of thyroid cancer. ... the book provides an invaluable practical resource for clinicians and all other team members involved in the management of thyroid cancer." (Leigh Delbridge, CancerForum, Vol. 30 (3), November, 2006)"The main editor of this book is E. L. Mazzaferri, one of the most renowned experts on thyroid cancer ... . In conclusion, we think that this book is more than an excellent text for students, residents and practitioners. Its innovative approach and the abundance of useful and uncommon knowledge should ensure that it will become an irreplaceable work of reference for experts in this field. We strongly recommend it to all who are interested in the 'practical management of thyroid cancer'." (N. Panza and L. Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 34, 2007)