Thyroid Cancer
eBook - PDF

Thyroid Cancer

Advances in Diagnosis and Therapy

  1. 276 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Thyroid Cancer

Advances in Diagnosis and Therapy

About this book

Thyroid cancer is the eighth most common type of cancer and is most frequently diagnosed among people aged 45-54. Nearly three out of four cases are found in women, while about 2% of thyroid cancers occur in children and teenagers. This book is for medical doctors with experience in the field of thyroid cancer. It comprises different subjects, especially the advances in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer with PET imaging and elastography, as well as the new therapeutic approaches with tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

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Information

Publisher
IntechOpen
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9789535125884
eBook ISBN
9789535172987
Subtopic
Oncology

Table of contents

  1. Thyroid Cancer - Advances in Diagnosis and Therapy
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1 Dr. Saul Hertz (1905–1950) Discovers the Medical Uses of Radioactive Iodine: The First Targeted Cancer Therapy
  5. Chapter 2 Molecular Alterations and Expression Dynamics in the Etiopathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer
  6. Chapter 3 Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance (AUS/FLUS): Interpretation and Algorithm for Follow-Up
  7. Chapter 4 Elastography: A New Ultrasound Technique in Nodular Thyroid Pathology
  8. Chapter 5 The Advantages and Limitations of Ultrasound Elastography in Diagnosis of Thyroid Carcinoma
  9. Chapter 6 FDG PET in Thyroid Cancer
  10. Chapter 7 124I PET: Pretherapeutic Staging, Detection of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer and Dosimetry
  11. Chapter 8 Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma with Elevated Thyroglobulin and Negative Radioiodine Whole-Body Scan Metastases
  12. Chapter 9 Emerging Therapeutic Approaches for the Most Aggressive Epithelial Thyroid Cancers
  13. Chapter 10 A Perspective on the Current Medical Approach of Advanced Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
  14. Chapter 11 Management of Rare Thyroid Malignancies
  15. Chapter 12 Radiation Dosimetry in Thyroid Cancer Patients
  16. Chapter 13 Thyroid Cancer in Children and Adolescents