This book is an authoritative and current review of thyroid and parathyroid cancer. The issues covered in this book change rapidly and are the subject of discussion and debate in publications, conferences, and seminars. Each subject is treated by the worlds foremost authority who provides both context for the subject and the latest information.
Controversies in Cancer of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands opens with an examination of the options for imaging in thyroid and parathyroid gland cancer, followed by a discussion of biopsies and molecular testing. Next, the authors discuss different surgical approaches, active surveillance, radioiodine therapy, and radiotherapy. Subsequent chapters include coverage of different types of cancer, including metastatic thyroid cancer, anaplastic cancer of the thyroid, and poorly and well differentiated thyroid cancer.
This is a must-read book for those dealing with thyroid and parathyroid cancers, including otolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, general surgeons, endocrinologists, surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, and residents and fellows in all these specialties.
Preface.- Embryology, Anatomy and Applied Anatomy of the Thyroid and
Parathyroid Glands.- Contemporary Work Up of Thyroid Nodules.- Introduction
to Thyroid diseases & cancer.- Molecular Testing in FNA in Thyroid Cancer.-
Non-surgical Approaches to the Thyroid Nodule.- Active surveillance for
low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.- Controversies in the Surgical
Management of Thyroid Cancers.- Management of Retrosternal Goiter.- Surgical
Management of Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancers.- Remote-Access Robotic and
Endoscopic Thyroidectomy.- Complications of thyroid surgery.- Controversies
in Nerve Monitoring in Thyroid Surgery.- Dynamic Risk Stratification in
Differentiated Cancer.- Controversies of Radioiodine Therapy in the
Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- External Beam Radiation Therapy
in Thyroid Cancer.- Controversies in Neoadjuvant Treatment of Thyroid
Cancer.- Controversies in the Management of Metastatic Thyroid Cancer.-
Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Advanced and Metastatic Thyroid Cancers.-
Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.- Pathology updates in cancer of the thyroid and
its clinical implications.- Quality of Life following Cancer of the Thyroid
Gland.- Controversies in the Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid
Cancer.- Mutational testing in advanced thyroid cancer and its implications
on targeted treatments.- Pediatric Thyroid Cancer.- History of Parathyroid
Disorders and Management.- Evaluation and management of Hyperparathyroidism.-
Perioperative Imaging and Identification of Parathyroid Glands.- Surgical
management of hyerparathyroidism.- Decision in Management of Primary
Hyperparathyroidism.- Parathyroid carcinoma.
Prathamesh S. Pai MS(ENT), DNB, DORL, EPGDHA Consultant Head Neck Surgeon Former Professor and Chief Division of Head & Neck Surgery Department of Surgical Oncology Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, India
Yasuhiro Ito, M.D., Ph.D Consultant Surgeon, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Ashok R. Shaha, M.D. Allan H. Selig Chair in Head and Neck Surgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Professor of Surgery, Weill-Cornell Medical College New York, New York, USA
Christopher de Souza
Lilavati Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, Holy Spirit Hospital, Bhatia Hospital
Dept of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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