Management of Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant endocrine tumor and is the seventh most common cancer seen in throughout out the world. The incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing more rapidly than any other cancer in many of the cancer registries from different parts of the world.
Although the majority of thyroid cancers have an indolent biological behaviour, different histological types have a diverse clinical behaviour. Well-differentiated thyroid cancers have an excellent survival, whereas poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers have a very poor outcome. This volume of Head and Neck Cancer Clinics addresses advances, controversies and state-of-the-art treatment recommendations of various types of thyroid cancers.

Encompasses the molecular risk stratification Management of regional and distant metastatic thyroid cancer Salvage of central compartment recurrence, role of external beam radiation therapy and post-treatment surveillance of thyroid cancer Management of medullary and anaplastic thyroid cancer and the evolving role of targeted therapy in thyroid cancer have been discussed in separate chapters Each chapter is followed by an editorial commentary

Autorentext
K. Alok PathakProfessor of Surgery University of ManitobaHead and Neck Surgical Oncology Cancer Care Manitoba, CanadaRichard W. NasonProfessorHead and Neck Surgical Oncology Cancer Care ManitobaWinnipeg, Canada Janice L. PasiekaClinical Professor of Surgery and OncologySection of General Surgery and Surgical OncologyUniversity of Calgary, Canada

Klappentext
Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant endocrine tumour. The incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing more rapidly than any other cancer in many of the cancer registries from different parts of the world. Although the majority of thyroid cancers have an indolent biological behavior, different histological types have a diverse clinical behavior. Well-differentiated thyroid cancers have an excellent survival, whereas poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers have a very poor outcome. This volume of Head and Neck Cancer Clinics addresses advances, controversies and state-of-the-art treatment recommendations of various types of thyroid cancers.

Inhalt
Molecular risk stratification of well-differentiated thyroid cancer.- The significance of cervical lymph nodes in well-differentiated thyroid cancer.- Management of the central compartment in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma.- Management of the lateral neck in well-differentiated thyroid cancer.- The management of recurrent/persistent well-differentiated thyroid cancer in the central compartment.- Management of distant metastases in differentiated thyroid cancer.- Risk-adjusted strategies in post-treatment surveillance of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma.- Medullary thyroid cancer.- Anaplastic thyroid cancer: Current concepts.- External beam radiotherapy for thyroid cancer.- Targeted therapies in thyroid cancer.