Thyroid Cancer

Description

• Includes all current diagnostic techniques including FDG-PET and MRI
• Second Edition is completely revised to include the latest diagnostic and theraputic concepts
• Special section is devoted to medullary thyroid cancer

Table of Contents

• Epidemiology.
• Histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and molecular biology.
• Familial differentiated carcinoma.
• Diagnosis of thryoid cancer (TC).
• Current surgical approach to non-medullary TC.
• Radioiodine therapy.
• Iodine-124 PET dosimetry and PET/CT imaging in differentiated TC.
• External beam radiotherapy.
• Treatment with thyroid hormone.
• Treatment with cytotoxic drugs.
• Redifferentiation therapy with retinoic acid.
• Follow-up of patients with well-differentiated TC.
• Thyroglubulin as specific tumor marker in differentiated TC.
• Functional imaging of TC. MRI.
• Thyroid cancer in Chernobyl children.
• Diagnosis of medullary TC.
• Imaging in medullary TC.
• Therapy of medullary TC.
• Follow-up of medullary TC.