Thyroid Cancer (eBook)

H.-J. Biersack, F. Grünwald (Herausgeber)

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2005 | 2., Second Edition 2005
363 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-27845-0 (ISBN)

Infos

One of the main reasons for publishing this second edition of “T- roid Cancer” is the fact that the first edition has sold out. Furth- more, during the 4 years following the publication of the first edition in 2001, some progress, mainly in the basic sciences (molecular biology), has been made. The most prominent change in the clinical sciences has been the new classification of thyroid cancer, especially with relation to T1–T3 tumors. Now, tumors with a diameter of up to 2 cm are still classified T1. This new UICC classification (6th edition) follows the classification of the American Society of Pathology. These changes require a modification of the old guidelines. According to the Hedinger classification (1988) tumors with a diameter below 1 cm were classified as “papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid”. Only in those tumors was total or nearly total thyroidectomy deemed unn- essary and I-131 therapy not a prerequisite for treatment. The majority of the chapters has been updated including references to many new publications. Two new chapters, on I-124 PET and - simetry, have been added. We strongly feel that this second edition of “Thyroid Cancer” is again a state-of-the-art overview of the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer. Bonn, Frankfurt am Main H. -J. Biersack, F. Grünwald Preface to the First Edition Thyroid cancer was first described at the end of the eighteenth c- tury.

Inhalt

Preface to the Second Edition 5
Preface to the First Edition 6
Contents 8
List of Contributors 18
Basics 23
The Changing Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer 24
Histopathology, Immunohistochemistry, and Molecular Biology 49
Familial Differentiated Carcinoma of the Thyroid 77
The Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer 91
The Current Surgical Approach to Non- Medullary Thyroid Cancer 102
Differentiated Thyroid Cancer 112
Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer 114
124I Positron Emission Tomographic Dosimetry and Positron Emission Tomography/ Computed Tomography Imaging in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer 146
External Beam Radiotherapy 158
Thyroid Cancer: Treatment with Thyroid Hormone 181
Treatment with Cytotoxic Drugs 189
Redifferentiation Therapy of Thyroid Carcinomas with Retinoic Acid 205
Follow- up of Patients with Well- Differentiated Thyroid Cancer 216
Thyroglobulin as Specific Tumor Marker in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer 237
Functional Imaging of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer 254
Magnetic Resonance Imaging 266
Thyroid Cancer in Chernobyl Children 298
Medullary Thyroid Cancer 309
Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Cancer 310
Imaging in Medullary Thyroid Cancer 323
Therapy for Medullary Thyroid Cancer 346
Follow- up of Medullary Thyroid Cancer 357
Subject Index 367

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2005
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 363 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie
• Schlagworte: Cancer • carcinoma • classification • Computed tomography (CT) • Diagnosis • dosimetry • Histopathology • Imaging • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) • Magnetresonanztherapie • MRI • PET • positron emission tomography (PET) • Radiation • Radioiodine therapy • Radiojodtherapie • radiotherapy • Scintigraphy • Surgery • Therapie • therapy • Tumor
• ISBN-10: 3-540-27845-1 / 3540278451
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-27845-0 / 9783540278450