Clinical Approach to Well-differentiated Thyroid Cancers

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. Other titles include: Historical Perspective and Current Epidemiology - Wojciech M. Wysocki and Andrzej L. Komorowski; Pathology Of Differentiated Thyroid Cancers - Janusz Rys and Joanna Wysocka Commentary By R. Kalyani; Clinical Evaluation Of The Thyroid Gland - Artur Komorowski and Andrzej L. Komorowski Commentary By Tahar Benhidjeb; Imaging In Thyroid Cancer: Stephen J. Gwyther, Commentary By Josephine N. Rini; Staging of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - Wojciech M. Wysocki, Andrzej L. Komorowski and Frederick L. Greene; Preoperative Endocrine Management Of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - Barbara Jarzab and Daria Handkiewicz-Junak Commentary By Markus Luster; and, Surgical Treatment Of Thyroid Cancer - Marcin Barczynski Commentary By Frederick L. Greene. It includes: Minimally Invasive Approach To The Thyroid - Istvan Gal Commentary By Pietro Iacconi and Gabriele Materazzi; Management Of Advanced Thyroid Cancer: Local Recurrence and Neck Dissections - Ettienne J. Myburgh Commentary By Tahar Benhidjeb; Nutritional Issues In Patients With Thyroid Cancer - Stanislaw Klek Commentary By Andrzej L. Komorowski; Patient Safety In Surgery For Thyroid Cancer - Amit Vats Commentary By Andrzej L. Komorowski; Postoperative Complications In Thyroid Surgery - Pietro Iacconi and Carmine De Bartolomeis Commentary By Andrzej Wysocki; Adjuvant Treatment And Follow Up Of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - Barbara Jarzab and Daria Handkiewicz-Junak Commentary By Markus Luster.