Thyroid Cancer In Clinical Practice

The number of patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer is increasing drama- cally in the United States, and there are more than 30,000new cases annually. About 5% of adults have a thyroid nodule that can be felt and between 300/0 and 500/0 have one or more nodules that can be identified by ultrasound. Thyroid Cancer in Clinical Practice covers all aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer. The author has spent more than 35 years in Nuclear Medicine and Thyroidology in the clinical care ofpatients with thyroid nodules and or thyroid cancer. He has published 150 peer reviewed articles and more than 100 reviews and book chapters, the majority devoted to these topics. The text includes evaluation of a patient with a thyroid nodule. The fundamentals ofthyroid pathology are presented. The management ofthyroid cancer in adults, children, and pregnant women is covered separately. There 123 is discussion of whole body scintigraphy with 1, treatment by surgery and 131 1,and the role ofthyroglobulin measurements. The importance oflong term follow up using clinical examination, scintigraphy, ultrasound, and serum thyroglobulin measurements ispresented. There are separate chapters devoted to anaplastic cancer, medullary cancer, lymphoma of the thyroid, and met- tases to the thyroid. The pocket sizedbook provides an easilyaccessiblesource ofinformation and advice to help practitioners manage patients and to und- stand when to refer for consultations. The book supplements existing large texts.