Main description:

- Includes all current diagnostic techniques including FDG-PET and MRI

- Second Edition is completely revised to include the latest diagnostic and theraputic concepts

- Special section is devoted to medullary thyroid cancer

Contents:

Basics.- The Changing Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer.- Histopathology, Immunohistochemistry, and Molecular Biology.- Familial Differentiated Carcinoma of the Thyroid.- The Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer.- The Current Surgical Approach to Non-Medullary Thyroid Cancer.- Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer.- 124I Positron Emission Tomographic Dosimetry and Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- External Beam Radiotherapy.- Thyroid Cancer: Treatment with Thyroid Hormone.- Treatment with Cytotoxic Drugs.- Redifferentiation Therapy of Thyroid Carcinomas with Retinoic Acid.- Follow-up of Patients with Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Thyroglobulin as Specific Tumor Marker in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Functional Imaging of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Thyroid Cancer in Chernobyl Children.- Medullary Thyroid Cancer.- Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Cancer.- Imaging in Medullary Thyroid Cancer.- Therapy for Medullary Thyroid Cancer.- Follow-up of Medullary Thyroid Cancer.