Main description:

For general practitioners and endocrinologists, the new Second Edition of this bestselling book offers the most up-to-date and practical guidance to diagnose and manage common and uncommon thyroid diseases.

New to the Second Edition:

• information on thyroid neoplasia, leading to new effective treatments of advanced thyroid cancer


• the latest VEGF-inhibiting drugs, opening avenues of targeted therapy not previously available


• new research on thyroid physiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutics

The new edition is fully evidence-based and updated to include the most current treatment and latest findings:

• the screening and case finding for thyroid disease


• the use of calcitonin in the diagnosis of medullary thyroid cancer


• the diagnosis and management of subclinical hyperthyroidism (mild hyperthyroidism)


• thyroid disease related to interferon therapy and amiodarone therapy

Contents:

The Laboratory Approach to Thyroid Disorders, Steven I. Sherman
Hyperthyroidism Due to Graves’ Disease, Toxic Nodules and Toxic Multinodular Goiter, Kenneth D. Burman and David S. Cooper
Thyroiditis and Other More Unusual Forms of Hyperthyroidism, Shon E. Meek and Robert C. Smallridge
Hypothyroidism, Michael T. McDermott and E. Chester Ridgway
Thyroid Nodules and Multinodular Goiter, Hossein Gharib
Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma, Jennifer A. Sipos and Ernest L. Mazzaferri
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma, and Thyroid Lymphoma, Jennifer A. Sipos and Ernest L. Mazzaferri
Pediatric Thyroid Disorders, Rosalind S. Brown
Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy, Susan J. Mandel
Thyroid Disease in the Elderly, Anne R. Cappola, Myron Miller and Steven R. Gambert
Index