Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer (eBook)

Dr Ujjal Mallick, MBBS  MS  FRCPE (Hon)  FRCP(Hon) FRCR  Consultant Clinical Oncologist Formerly Consultant  Oncologist and  past Chair, Multidisciplinary thyroid cancer team (MDT), Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, a centre of excellence for thyroid cancer. Chief Investigator of the first  UK National Thyroid Cancer Trial -Hilo-( NEJM 2012) which helped modify  international  guidelines and practice  and of the on-going second UK trial-IoN. One of the lead authors of the first UK National guideline. The MDT obtained many prestigious national awards including–Best NHS  "Hospital Doctor" Oncology Team of the Year” Award 2007, Best Thyroid cancer MDT in NHS Peer Review 2011, first prize in NHS innovations award 2007 and others. He  initiated an acclaimed MD clinic  involving an expert thyroid cancer patient. Current interests are trials, biomarkers and guideline implementation. Dr Clive Harmer MB FRCR FRCP. Clinical Oncologist Consultant in Clinical Oncology at St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Marsden NHS Trust (where he was head of the Thyroid unit) until August 2005. Recognized teacher of the University of London and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Cancer Research.

1. Pragmatism, Precision Oncology, International Partnership for Research and Quality-The New Paradigm for Thyroid Cancer  Ujjal Mallick, Clive HarmerSection I. Multidisciplinary Approach to Management of Thyroid Cancer 2. The UK Evidence-Based Guidelines   for the Management of Thyroid Cancer: Key RecommendationsMaria G. Pavlatou, Sarah J Johnson, and Petros Perros3. The 2015 American Thyroid Association Evidence-Based Guidelines for Management of Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer:  Key RecommendationsBryan R. Haugen4.   Thyroid Cancer: One Doctor-Patient Partnership -The Newcastle Butterfly ModelKate A Farnell, RD Bliss, Ujjal K. MallickSection II. The Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer5. Molecular Diagnosis of Thyroid NodulesDavid N. Poller 6. Ultrasonography in Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Cancer –Current International Recommendations Dong Gyu Na, Ji-Hoon Kim, Eun Ju HaSection III. Initial Thyroid Surgery7. The 21st Century Endocrine SurgeonNadine R. Caron, Tracy S. Wang, Cord Sturgeon, Orlo H. Clark8. Management of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Differentiated Thyroid CancerHiro Ishii, Dae S. Kim, John C. Watkinson9. Advances in Thyroid SurgerySara L. Richer, Dipti Kamani, GeorgeW.  RandolphSection IV. Non surgical Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10. Risk Stratification and Current Management of Low Risk Thyroid Cancer  Sana A. Ghaznavi, R. Michael Tuttle11 Management of Low risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinomo and Papillary  Cancer  and Microcarcinoma-the Japanese experienceYasuhiro Ito and Akira Miyauchi12   Radioiodine Ablation – Current Status  Furio Pacini  and Maria Grazia Castagna -- Sienna13. Dosimetric Approaches  – Current ConceptsMichael Lassmann, Markus Luster, Heribert Hanschield,  Wurzberg, Germany14. External Radiation in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in the era of IMRT and modern radiation planning techniquesJames D. Brierley, Meredith E. GiulianiSection V. Follow up and Longterm Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer15. ThyroglobulinShireen Fatemi, Carole Spencer16. Management of Post-Operative Hypocalcemia Claudio Marcocci17. Radioiodine Refractory Thyroid Cancer Berdelou A, Leboulleux S, Schlumberger MSection VI. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma18. Medullary Thyroid Cancer :Surgical ManagementAnna I. Kaleva ,A R Shaha, and Iain J. Nixon19. Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Diagnosis and Non Surgical ManagementRossella Elisei,  Antonio Matrone20.  Familial Non-Medullary Thyroid Cancer Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska, Yevgenia Kushchayeva, Sudheer Kumar Gara, Electron Kebebew Section VII. Thyroid Cancer in Children21. Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid CarcinomaSteven G. Waguespack, Jonathan D. WassermanSection VIII. Aggressive Thyroid Cancers22. Anaplastic Thyroid CancerRobert C. Smallridge, John Dr. Casler, and Michael E. Menefee23. Palliative careMary ComiskeySection IX. Future Developments and Directions for Research in  Thyroid Cancer. 24.   Translational Research and Genomics Driven Trials in Thyroid CancerMaria E. Cabanillas, Rebecca E. Schweppe, Ramona Dadu, Gilbert Cote, Thomas C. Beadnell, Marie Claude Hofmann25. Thyroid  Cancer  Trials  Allan Hackshaw26. The Barriers to Uniform Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for Thyroid CancerUjjal Mallick, Fabian Pitoia27. Survivorship: The Role of the Clinical Psychologist and the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Thyroid Cancer CareKatherine Kendell, Nicola Jane Armstrong