Clinical Approach to Well-differentiated Thyroid Cancers

Frederick L. Greene, Andrzej L. Komorowski (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

147 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012
Springer, India, Private Ltd (Verlag)
978-81-322-3467-8 (ISBN)

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The management of patients with thyroid cancers is a constantly changing field due to numerous developments in diagnostics and therapy. This book provides clinicians with up-to-date information on the current management of patients through all stages of their thyroid disease: from diagnosis of thyroid nodules through staging, extent and technique of surgery to adjuvant therapies, and follow-up schemes.

FREDERICK L. GREENE is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Director of the Surgical Residency Program at the Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA. He is currently Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Dr Greene is also the editor of the sixth and seventh editions of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. (email: Frederick.Greene@carolinashealthcare.org) ANDRZEJ L. KOMOROWSKI is a Consultant in General Surgery at the Department of General Surgery, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), Spain. His main area of interest is surgical oncology. (email: alkomorowski@wp.pl)

Historical perspective and current epidemiology.- Pathology of differentiated thyroid cancers.- Clinical evaluation of the thyroid gland.- Imaging in thyroid cancer.- Staging of differentiated thyroid cancer.- Preoperative endocrine management of differentiated thyroid cancer.- Surgical treatment of thyroid cancer.- Minimally invasive approach to the thyroid.- Management of advanced thyroid cancer: Local recurrence and neck dissections.- Nutritional issues in patients with thyroid cancer.- Patient safety in surgery for thyroid cancer.- Postoperative complications in thyroid surgery.- Adjuvant treatment and follow up of differentiated thyroid cancer.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.11.2016
Reihe/Serie	Head and Neck Cancer Clinics
Zusatzinfo	43 Illustrations, color; 12 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 147 p. 55 illus., 43 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pathologie
Schlagworte	Adjuvant treatment • Endocrine function • Minimally invasive approach • Nutritional issues • Postoperative Complications • Staging
ISBN-10	81-322-3467-7 / 8132234677
ISBN-13	978-81-322-3467-8 / 9788132234678
Zustand	Neuware