Thyroid Cancer
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-61737-583-5 (ISBN)
General Considerations I.- Anatomy and Physiology of the Thyroid Gland.- Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer.- Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer.- Molecular Aspects of Thyroid Cancer in Children.- Oncogenes in Thyroid Cancer.- Apoptosis in Thyroid Cancer.- Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancer.- Classification of Thyroid Malignancies.- Staging of Thyroid Cancer.- Thyroid Cancer in Children and Adolescents.- Recombinant Human Thyrotropin.- General Considerations II.- History of the Role of Nuclear Medicine in the Thyroid Gland and its Diseases.- Prophylaxis Against Radiation Exposure from Radioiodine.- Radioiodine Whole Body Imaging.- Primer and Atlas for the Interpretation of Radioiodine Whole-Body Scintigraphy.- False-Positive Radioiodine Scans in Thyroid Cancer.- The Thyroid Nodule.- The Thyroid Nodule.- Fine-Needle Aspiration.- Thyroid Nodules.- Radionuclide Imaging of Thyroid Nodules.- Ultrasonic Imaging of the Neck in Patients with Thyroid Cancer.- Thyroid Nodules and Cancer Risk.- Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Papillary Carcinoma.- Papillary Carcinoma.- Surgical Approach to Papillary Carcinoma.- Papillary Carcinoma.- Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Prescribed Activity for Radioiodine Ablation.- Thyroid Remnant Radioiodine Ablation with Recombinant Human Thyrotropin.- Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Follow-Up Strategy in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.- Levothyroxine Therapy and Thyrotropin Suppression.- Thyroglobulin and Thyroglobulin Antibodies.- Diagnosis of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Antithyroglobulin Antibodies.- Surveillance Radioiodine Whole-Body Scans.- Radionuclide Imaging and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer in Children.- Positron Emission Tomography in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Alternative Thyroid Imaging.- Stunning: UntowardEffect of 131I Thyroid Imaging Prior to Radioablation Therapy.- Stunning Is Not a Problem.- Stunning: Does it Exist? A Commentary.- Ultrasonic Imaging and Identification of Metastases in Cervical Lymph Nodes.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography of Thyroid Cancer.- Management of the Patients with Negative Radioiodine Scan and Elevated Serum Thyroglobulin.- Determinants of Prognosis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.- Papillary Cancer.- Special Presentations of Thyroid Cancer in Pregnancy, Renal Failure, Thyrotoxicosis, and Struma Ovarii.- Thyroglossal Duct Carcinoma.- Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Radiation and Radioactivity.- Radioiodine Treatment of Distant Metastases.- 131I Treatment of Metastatic Thyroid Carcinoma Following Preparation by Recombinant Human Thyrotropin.- Dosimetry.- Radioiodine Dosimetry with Recombinant Human Thyrotropin.- Use of Lithium as an Adjuvant to Radioiodine in the Treatment of Thyroid Cancer.- Side Effects of 131I for Ablation and Treatment of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.- External Radiation Therapy of Papillary Cancer.- Chemotherapy for Thyroid Cancer.- Chemotherapy of Differentiated Papillary or Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma.- Thyroid Carcinoma.- Adjunctive Local Approaches to Metastatic Thyroid Cancer.- Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma.- Surgical Management of Follicular Cancer.- Pathology of Follicular Cancer.- Hürthle Cell Carcinoma.- Radionuclide Imaging, Ablation, and Treatment in Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma.- Follow-up Strategy in Follicular Thyroid Cancer.- PET in Follicular Cancer, Including Hürthle Cell Cancer.- Follicular Thyroid Cancer.- External Radiation Therapy of Follicular Carcinoma.- Determinants of Prognosis in Patients With Follicular Thyroid Cancer.-Variants of Thyroid Cancer.- Miscellaneous and Unusual Types of Thyroid Tumors.- Pathology of Miscellaneous and Unusual Cancers of the Thyroid.- Undifferentiated Tumors.- Clinical Aspects of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Pathology of Medullary Thyroid Cancer.- Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid.- Radionuclide Imaging of Medullary Carcinoma.- PET in Medullary Thyroid Cancer.- External Radiation Therapy of Medullary Cancer.- Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid.- Undifferentiated Tumors.- Thyroid Lymphoma.- Pathology of Lymphoma of the Thyroid.- FDG-PET Scanning in Lymphoma and Lymphoma of the Thyroid.- Undifferentiated Tumors.- Anaplastic Carcinoma.- Surgical Management of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.- Pathology of Anaplastic Carcinoma.- PET Scanning in Anaplastic Cancer of the Thyroid.- External Radiation Therapy of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.- Chemotherapy for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.- Anaplastic Carcinoma.- New Frontiers and Future Directions.- Advances in Radiation Therapy.- New Approaches in Nuclear Medicine for Thyroid Cancer.- Alternative Options and Future Directions for Thyroid Cancer Therapy.- Potential Approaches to Chemotherapy of Thyroid Cancer in the Future.- Resources for Patients with Thyroid Cancer.- Low Iodine Diets.
Zusatzinfo | 409 Illustrations, black and white; XXVIII, 708 p. 409 illus. |
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Verlagsort | Totowa, NJ |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie |
Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie | |
Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Nuklearmedizin | |
ISBN-10 | 1-61737-583-7 / 1617375837 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-61737-583-5 / 9781617375835 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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